Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (born December 24, 1961) is the current President of Azerbaijan and has been serving since 2003.
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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) | Mehriban Aliyeva (m. 1983) |
| 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.
Ilham Aliyev Media
Aliyev celebrates victory in 2018 elections.
Ilham Aliyev met with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 26 October 2019
Before the start of a trilateral meeting. Left to right: Hassan Rouhani, Ilham Aliyev, and Vladimir Putin.
Ilham Aliyev and President of the European Council Charles Michel in Brussels, Belgium (April 2022)
Aliyev with French President Emmanuel Macron
Aliyev with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, 23 January 2012
Aliyev with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2012
Aliyev with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. NATO member Turkey is a longtime ally of Azerbaijan.
Ilham Aliyev and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the joint press conference in November 2017
Aliyev awards winners of the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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