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Ilham Aliyev

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Ilham Heydar Oghlu Aliyev (born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He has been the leader of the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005. The son and second child of former Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev, Aliyev became the country's president on 31 October 2003 after a two-month term as the prime minister of Azerbaijan, through a presidential election defined by irregularities, shortly before his father's death. He was re-elected for a second term in 2008 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilham Aliyev is the 1,057th most popular politician (down from 829th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Azerbaijani Politician.

Ilham Aliyev is the president of Azerbaijan. He is most famous for his efforts to modernize the country and for his authoritarian rule.

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Among politicians, Ilham Aliyev ranks 1,057 out of 19,576. Before him are Galla Placidia, Gordian II, Arkan, Taejo of Goryeo, Andrew Johnson, and Abdelaziz Bouteflika. After him are Empress Gi, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Paul of Greece, Magnus VI of Norway, Lev Kamenev, and Gyula Andrássy.

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Among people born in 1961, Ilham Aliyev ranks 3. Before him are Barack Obama, and Diana, Princess of Wales. After him are Yevgeny Prigozhin, Michael J. Fox, Lothar Matthäus, Nadia Comăneci, Stephen Hillenburg, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, George Clooney, and Hibatullah Akhundzada.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev ranks 4 out of 232. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Heydar Aliyev (1923), and Lev Landau (1908). After him are Richard Sorge (1895), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Garry Kasparov (1963), Arghun (1250), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), and Zecharia Sitchin (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among politicians born in Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev ranks 2. Before him are Heydar Aliyev (1923). After him are Arghun (1250), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), 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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