Ilham Aliyev

Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev; born 24 December 1961) is the Preses o Azerbaijan, havin been electit in 2003. He an aa functions as the Chairman o the New Azerbaijan Pairty an the heid o the Naitional Olympic Committee. Apart frae his native Azerbaijani, he speaks Inglis an Roushie.^[1] Ilham Aliyev is the son o Heydar Aliyev, who wis Azerbaijan's preses frae 1993-2003.

Ilham Aliyev
Preses o Azerbaijan
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2003
Prime Meenister	Artur Rasizade
Precedit bi	Heydar Aliyev
Prime Meenister o Azerbaijan
In office 4 August 2003 – 4 November 2003
Preses	Heydar Aliyev
Precedit bi	Artur Rasizade
Succeedit bi	Artur Rasizade
2nt Chariman o the New Azerbaijan Pairty
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2003
Precedit bi	Heydar Aliyev
Personal details
Born	Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (1961-12-24) 24 December 1961 (age 63) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Poleetical pairty	New Azerbaijan Pairty
Spoose(s)	Mehriban Aliyeva (née Pashayeva) (m. 1983)
Bairns	3
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute o Internaitional Relations
Religion	Shia Islam

His tenur as preses haes been marred bi widespread cases o poleetical corruption, censorship, an human richts abuses in Azerbaijan an allegations o nepotism an the concentration o the kintra's wealth an resoorces in the haunds o his faimily.

Aliyev haes been criticized for his alleged authoritarian rule^[2][3][4] an eften describit as a dictator bi analysts an poleetical commentators.^[5][6][7][8]