The Diplomat: Abulfaz Elchibey
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Abulfaz Elchibey
Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Aliyev, commonly known as Abulfaz Elchibey, was a Pan-Turkist Azerbaijani nationalist, politician and Soviet dissident who was the first and, as of early 2026, only democratically elected President in post-Soviet Azerbaijan. He served from 17 June 1992 until his ouster in a 24 June 1993 military coup backed by Russia that led to the installation of Heydar Aliyev as presiden…
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politics · President of Azerbaijan from 1992 to 1993 · politician · orientalist · arabist · university teacher · translator · also Abulfaz Elchibey, Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Aliyev, Elchibey
Born 24 June 1938 · Died 22 August 2000 · Q319912
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2006· 1 entry
Trend News Agency: Actions take place in memory of ex-president of Azerbaijan Abulfaz Elchibey
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2000· 2 entries
Died 2000-08-22.
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Elchibey was diagnosed with prostate cancer and died in August of the same year at a military hospital in Ankara, Turkey
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1997· 1 entry
And joined the opposition as the leader of Azerbaijani Popular Front Party
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1992· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of Azerbaijan (1992–1993).
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During a visit to the Turkish capital of Ankara, Elchibey described himself as a soldier of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (founder and the first president of Turkish Republic)
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1975· 1 entry
On charges of defaming the Soviet Union and spent 18 months in prison
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1957· 1 entry
From the Department of Arab Philology of the Faculty of Oriental Studies
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1938· 1 entry
Born 1938-06-24.
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