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Ilham Aliyev
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President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
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Ilham Aliyev is an Azerbaijani politician born in Baku in 1961. He holds citizenship in Azerbaijan and the former Soviet Union. Aliyev has served as the President of Azerbaijan and previously as Prime Minister. He is also the party leader and general secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party. His academic background includes a Doctor of Historical Sciences degree from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, where he has also been employed.
Aliyev is married to Mehriban Alieva, and they have three children: Leyla, Arzu, and Heydar Aliev Jr. His parents are Heydar Aliyev and Zarifa Alieva, and he has a sibling named Sevil Alieva. He speaks Russian, Turkish, French, and Azerbaijani. Aliyev identifies with Shia Islam. He has received several awards, including the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and the Heydar Aliyev Order. He was a candidate in the presidential elections of 2003, 2008, 2013, and 2018.
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Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev; born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who is the fourth and current president of Azerbaijan. The son and second child of former Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev, Aliyev became the country's president on 31 October 2003, after a two-month term as prime minister of Azerbaijan, through a presidential election defined…
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- Azerbaijan
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- Baku
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- Mehriban Alieva
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- Heydar Aliev Jr.
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- Heydar Aliyev
- Mother
- Zarifa Alieva
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- Sevil Alieva
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- New Azerbaijan Party
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- English language
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- Shia Islam
- Award
- Order of Honour
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