Ilham Aliyev

@Fourth President of Azerbaijan, Family and Childhood

Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev is the current President of Azerbaijan

Dec 24, 1961

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: December 24, 1961
  • Nationality: Azerbaijani
  • Famous: Fourth President of Azerbaijan, Leaders, Political Leaders, Presidents, Prime Ministers
  • Spouses: Mehriban Aliyeva
  • Known as: İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, Илһам Һејдәр оғлу Әлиев, ایلهام علیف, Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev
  • Childrens: Heydar Aliyev
  • Universities:
    • Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Ilham Aliyev born at

Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union

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Birth Place

On December 22, 1983, he married Mehriban Aliyeva. At present Mehriban heads the ‘Heydar Aliyev Foundation’. The couple has three children, Leyla, Arzu and Heydar.

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Personal Life

According to the reports of ‘Mail Online’ and ‘The Washington Post’, Leyla and Arzu hold properties worth £50 million taking those into account in London, Dubai and Paris. Heydar, who is eleven years old, is the owner of nine mansions in Dubai, summing up his property worth $44 million.

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Personal Life

He was born on December 24, 1961, to Heydar Aliyev and Zarifa Aliyeva in Baku, Azerbaijan. His father was a prominent political leader of Azerbaijan who remained the third President of the country from October 1993 to October 2003. His mother was an ophthalmologist, academician and professor.

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Childhood & Early Life

From 1967 to 1977 he studied in a secondary school, ‘No 6’ in the city of Baku and upon completion he enrolled in the ‘Moscow State University of International Relations’ (‘MSUIR’) to pursue his graduation.

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In 1982 he pursued his post graduation studies in ‘MSUIR’ and in 1985 he earned his PhD as a Doctor of Philosophy on historical sciences submitting his research papers.

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He served at the ‘Moscow State University of International Relations’ as a teacher from 1985 to 1990. Apart from Azerbaijani, he is fluent in English, French, Turkish and Russian languages.

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Childhood & Early Life

From 1991 to 1994 he remained a businessman in Moscow and Istanbul working with and leading a group of private production-commercial undertakings.

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Childhood & Early Life

He was inducted by the ‘State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic’ (‘SOCAR’) during mid-94 as its vice-president. He was a prominent participant at the time of settlement of ‘Contract of the century’, a new contract that was negotiated between Western oil companies and the government of Azerbaijan.

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Career

In 1995 he became an elected member of the ‘Milli Majlis’ (the Parliament of Azerbaijan Republic).

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Career

Since 1997 he has served as the president of ‘National Olympic Committee’. His contributions for the Olympic movement and development of sports earned him the award for the highest order of International Olympic Committee. He is also the recipient of the ‘Grand Cordon Order of Merit’ from the ‘International Military Sport Council’.

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He was elected a member of the ‘Milli Majlis’ for the second time in 2000.

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He headed the Azerbaijan delegation from 2001 to 2003 at the ‘Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe’ (‘PACE’).

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