“Armenians living in Karabakh must either accept Azerbaijani citizenship or look for another place to live”
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Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev is an Azerbaijani politician and statesman who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He has been the leader of the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005.
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Born 24 December 1961 · Q57371
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the occupation of the territory of the sovereign State with its internationally recognized boundaries – our territorial integrity is recognized by the United Nation and has been left out of due attention of the international community. All these facts are the ever seen injustice.
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2026· 27 entries
“the occupation of the territory of the sovereign State with its internationally recognized boundaries – our territorial integrity is recognized by the United Nation and has been left out of due attention of the international community. All these facts are the ever seen injustice.”
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“unacceptable and violates international and national laws”
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Latest news from Azerbaijan: Ilham Aliyev fulfills little Guler’s wish in Karabakh – VIDEO
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President.az: Ilham Aliyev received credentials of newly appointed UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan
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Baku.ws: Araghchi: The conversation between Masoud Pezeshkian and Ilham Aliyev has opened a new page in relations between the two countries
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1News.az: Araghchi: Talks between Pezeshkian and Ilham Aliyev opened a new page in relations between Iran and Azerbaijan
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Report.az: Araghchi: Pezeshkian's phone conversation with Ilham Aliyev opened new chapter in relations between two countries
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1News.az: Viktor Yushchenko expressed gratitude to Ilham Aliyev
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Baku.ws: Viktor Yushchenko thanked Ilham Aliyev for supporting Ukraine
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Apa.az: Viktor Yushchenko says he held sincere and substantive meeting with President Ilham Aliyev, thanks Azerbaijani leader
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trend.az: President Ilham Aliyev highlights strong mutual interest of Azerbaijani and British companies
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Report.az: President Ilham Aliyev receives credentials of newly appointed UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan
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Azərtac: President Ilham Aliyev received credentials of newly appointed UK Ambassador to Azerbaijan VIDEO
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trend.az: New UK ambassador says presenting credentials to President Ilham Aliyev was great honor
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Azərtac: Presidente Ilham Aliyev recibe las cartas credenciales del nuevo Embajador del Reino Unido en Azerbaiyán
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MENAFN: Viktor Yushchenko Thanks President Ilham Aliyev For His Support Of Ukraine (PHOTO)
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MENAFN: President Ilham Aliyev Received Credentials Of Newly Appointed UK Ambassador To Azerbaijan
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Latest news from Azerbaijan: President Ilham Aliyev meets former Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko in Baku
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Azərtac: Presidente Ilham Aliyev se reúne con el expresidente de Ucrania
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Azərtac: Ambassador: I am pleased to present President Ilham Aliyev with the certificate of honorary citizenship of Irpin
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Apa.az: Ukrainian Ambassador thanks President Ilham Aliyev for support
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Modern.az: Ukrainian Ambassador thanked Ilham Aliyev
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1News.az: Yuriy Husev thanked President Ilham Aliyev for solidarity and support for Ukraine
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trend.az: Ukrainian ambassador expresses gratitude to President Ilham Aliyev
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Report.az: Yuriy Husyev thanks President Ilham Aliyev for solidarity and support for Ukraine
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Armenpress: Ilham Aliyev se reunió con el ex presidente de Ucrania Viktor Yushchenko en Bakú
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2024· 2 entries
Awarded Order "Duslyk" (2024).
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And 2025 in trials that international human rights organizations described as unfair
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2023· 2 entries
Experts in genocide prevention stated that Azerbaijan's blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh and sabotage of public infrastructure constitutes genocide according to the Genocide Convention: "Deliberately inflicting on the group
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Resulted in the entire territory coming under Azerbaijani control
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2022· 1 entry
Won Order of the Golden Eagle (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
Awarded Supreme Order of Turkic World (2021).
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2020· 5 entries
Was still subject to a travel ban and had been unable to leave the country despite numerous applications to do so
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And — following a military siege and renewed offensive in 2023 — expelled all Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh and reincorporated the territory into Azerbaijan
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the government enacted emergency measures that critics said were used to suppress dissent and limit civil liberties
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ILGA-Europe again declared Azerbaijan the worst country in all of Europe for LGBT rights, with the country receiving a final score of just 2%
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Resulted in a ceasefire agreement that left Azerbaijani forces in control of significant portions of the territory which had been previously held by ethnic Armenians and the Republic of Armenia
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2019· 3 entries
Career landmark: general secretary (2019–2021).
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Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (2019–2024).
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Azerbaijan was elected chair of the Turkic Council, as well as the Non-Aligned Movement for a three-year mandate
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2018· 6 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2018).
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Awarded Order of Merit of Astrakhan Oblast (2018).
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An Azerbaijani Shia cleric stated that they were "trading Karbala for Ankara"
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When he became the New Azerbaijan Party's presidential candidate, he repeated his call for "the return of Azerbaijanis to these lands" and declared this to be "our political and strategic goal, and we must gradually appr
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Aliyev and Putin signed Joint Statement on Priority Areas of Economic Cooperation between the two countries
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Campaign: 2018 election.
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2017· 2 entries
The Aliyev family was implicated in the Azerbaijani laundromat scandal, which was a complex money-laundering scheme to pay off prominent European politicians to deflect criticism of Aliyev and promote a positive image of
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It was revealed that Aliyev and his family were involved in the Azerbaijani laundromat, a complex money-laundering scheme to pay off prominent European politicians to deflect criticism of Aliyev and promote a positive im
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2016· 2 entries
Across Baku and other cities, calling for political reform and improved economic conditions
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To discuss terrorism, transnational organized crime, arms smuggling and drug trafficking in the region
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2014· 2 entries
And 2015, Aliyev allocated funds from Presidential Reserve Fund multiple time towards efforts to promote "interreligious dialogue and tolerance" and to restore monuments in Azerbaijan
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Severely impacting Azerbaijan's oil-dependent economy
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2013· 7 entries
Awarded Ribbon of the Order of the Republic of Serbia (2013).
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Awarded Order of Liberty (2013).
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Awarded Order of State of Republic of Turkey (2013).
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Awarded St. George's Order of Victory (2013).
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Defined much of Armenia as "historical lands" of the Azerbaijanis, promising them that they will live there "in the future", including in "Irevan and Zangezur regions", to which he sometimes adds "Geicha", Meghri, and
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Amnesty International called on western leaders to speak up against the arrest of Anar Mammadli, prominent human rights activist and head of the independent Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre, who was false
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Campaign: 2013 election.
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2012· 9 entries
Awarded Person of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption (Ironic denominación, not a real award) (2012).
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Awarded Order of the "Commonwealth" (2012).
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Awarded Order of Ismoili Somoni (2012).
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Aliyev was named the "Person of the Year" by Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project for featuring prominently in stories on crime and corruption
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CNBC produced the film Filthy Rich about corruption which also mentioned the Aliyev family
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Aliyev convinced the government of Hungary to transfer convicted murderer Ramil Safarov to Azerbaijan to complete the rest of his prison term
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Stated that "Armenia as a country is of no value
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“Armenia as a country is of no value. It is actually a colony, an outpost run from abroad, a territory artificially created on ancient Azerbaijani lands.”
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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project called Ilham Aliyev the person of the year in organized crime and corruption
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2011· 6 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Astrakhan (2011).
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Awarded National Order of Faithful Service (2011).
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Awarded Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2011).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Stara Planina (2011).
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Aliyev and José Manuel Barroso concluded the Joint Declaration on the Southern Gas Corridor
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As citizens demanded political reforms, economic changes, the release of political detainees and resignation of Aliyev
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Registered firearms (2010).
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Awarded Order of Glory and Honor (2010).
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That Azerbaijanis with the same names as Ilham Aliyev's three children owned real estate in Dubai worth about $75 million
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class (2009).
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Awarded Order of Mubarak the Great (2009).
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Azerbaijan was included in the Eastern Partnership Policy
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2008· 6 entries
Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (2008).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (2008).
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Won Medal "10 years of Astana" (2008).
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Aliyev declared that "Nagorno Karabakh will not be independent; the position is backed by international mediators as well; Armenia has to accept the reality", and also stated that "in 1918, Yerevan was granted to the Arm
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And 2013 unanimously supported his nomination for the next presidential term
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And was allowed to run in elections indefinitely in 2013, 2018 and 2024 due to the 2009 constitutional referendum, which removed term limits for presidents
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (2007).
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2006· 1 entry
Aliyev and Matti Vanhanen, president of the European Council, and José Manuel Barroso, president of the commission, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on a Strategic Partnership
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2005· 6 entries
Awarded Heydar Aliyev Order (2005).
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Awarded Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud (2005).
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Awarded Order of Sheikh-ul-Islam (2005).
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Awarded Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 1st class (2005).
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President Aliyev and the first deputy of the Party was unanimously elected to the post of chairman of the Party
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Career landmark: party leader (2005).
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2004· 3 entries
Earned Silver Olympic Order (2004).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania (2004).
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Azerbaijan became part of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) of the EU
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2003· 6 entries
After a two-month term as the prime minister of Azerbaijan, through a presidential election defined by irregularities, shortly before his father's death
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Won Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (2003).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (2003–2003).
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Career landmark: Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan (2003).
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Aliyev was positioned to enjoy a booming economy fueled by the oil and gas sector; Azerbaijan had the world's fastest rate of economic growth in the three-year period from 2005–2007
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Career landmark: President of Azerbaijan (2003).
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2002· 1 entry
A constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan made the prime minister next in line for the presidency if the president became incapacitated
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2001· 1 entry
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2001–2004).
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1999· 1 entry
Ilham Aliyev was elected as the deputy chair of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party and in 2001, he was elected to the post of first deputy chair at the Second Congress of the Party
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1997· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Career landmark: First Vice President of SOCAR (1996–2003).
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1995· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan (1995–2003).
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Aliyev was elected to the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan; later he became president of the National Olympic Committee (still incumbent)
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1994· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of SOCAR (1994–1996).
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1985· 1 entry
Studied at Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Candidate of Historical Sciences (1977–1985).
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1983· 1 entry
Ilham Aliyev married Mehriban Aliyeva in Baku on 22 January 1983.
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1977· 1 entry
Ilham Aliyev entered the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-MSIIR) and in 1982, continued his education as a postgraduate
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-12-24.
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