Ilham Aliyev
President of Azerbaijan since 2003
Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (born December 24, 1961) is the current President of Azerbaijan. He became president in 2003.
Ilham Aliyev | |
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İlham Əliyev | |
 Aliyev in 2023 | |
| 4th President of Azerbaijan | |
| Assumed office 31 October 2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Artur Rasizade Novruz Mammadov Ali Asadov |
| Vice President | Mehriban Aliyeva |
| Preceded by | Heydar Aliyev |
| 7th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan | |
| In office 4 August 2003 – 31 October 2003 | |
| President | Heydar Aliyev |
| Preceded by | Artur Rasizade |
| Succeeded by | Artur Rasizade |
| Leader of the New Azerbaijan Party | |
| Assumed office 31 October 2003 | |
| Deputy | Mehriban Aliyeva |
| Preceded by | Heydar Aliyev |
| Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement | |
| Assumed office 25 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Abulfaz Elchibey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev 24 December 1961 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Soviet Azerbaijani |
| Political party | New Azerbaijan Party |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | Leyla Arzu Heydar |
| Parents | Heydar Aliyev Zarifa Aliyeva |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
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Aliyev succeeded his father Heydar Aliyev who was president of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. On August 4, 2003, two months before the presidential elections, he was made prime minister by his father who was very ill and dying. In October he easily won the presidential elections and became president on October 31, 2003. He also functions as the head of the New Azerbaijan Party.
He has been married to Mehriban Aliyeva since 1983. They have three children.
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