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Abulfaz Elchibey

1938 - 2000

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Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Aliyev (24 June 1938 – 22 August 2000), commonly known as Abulfaz Elchibey, was a Pan-Turkist Azerbaijani nationalist, politician and Soviet dissident who was the first and only democratically elected President in post-Soviet Azerbaijan. He was the leader of the Azerbaijani Popular Front and played an important role in achieving Azerbaijan's independence from the Soviet Union. Elchibey was elected as the president of Azerbaijan in independent Azerbaijan's first free election. 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 president. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abulfaz Elchibey is the 2,407th most popular politician (down from 1,788th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 10th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Azerbaijani Politician.

Abulfaz Elchibey was the first president of Azerbaijan. He is most famous for being the first president of Azerbaijan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abulfaz Elchibey ranks 2,407 out of 19,576. Before him are William II of Sicily, Mohammad Khatami, Władysław Gomułka, Zhengde Emperor, Laura Bush, and Eleanor of Navarre. After him are Andrew I of Hungary, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, Dom Pérignon, Teuta, Armand Fallières, and Quintus Sertorius.

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Among people born in 1938, Abulfaz Elchibey ranks 40. Before him are Giorgetto Giugiaro, Kurt Wüthrich, Natalie Wood, Rod Laver, Bounnhang Vorachith, and Liv Ullmann. After him are Fuad Masum, Oliver Reed, Marina Vlady, Diana Rigg, Jean Seberg, and Donald Knuth. Among people deceased in 2000, Abulfaz Elchibey ranks 23. Before him are Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Lída Baarová, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Stanley Matthews, Vittorio Gassman, and Jason Robards. After him are Giovanna of Italy, Erich Mielke, Gherman Titov, Walter Matthau, Carl Barks, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr..

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Elchibey ranks 11 out of 232. Before him are Richard Sorge (1895), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Garry Kasparov (1963), Arghun (1250), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), and Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901). After him are Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Ivan Bagramyan (1897), Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Artur Rasizade (1935), and Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885).

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Among POLITICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among politicians born in Azerbaijan, Abulfaz Elchibey ranks 5. Before him are Heydar Aliyev (1923), Ilham Aliyev (1961), Arghun (1250), and Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901). After him are Artur Rasizade (1935), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Ali Asadov (1956), Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884), Fatali Khan Khoyski (1875), and Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896).

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