Heydar Aliyev
Appearance
Heydar Aliyev | |
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Heydər Əliyev | |
![]() Aliyev in a portrait taken before 2003 | |
3rd President of Azerbaijan | |
In office 24 June 1993 – 31 October 2003 Acting: 24 June – 10 October 1993 | |
Prime Minister | Surat Huseynov Fuad Guliyev Artur Rasizade Ilham Aliyev |
Preceded by | Abulfaz Elchibey |
Succeeded by | Ilham Aliyev |
Speaker of the National Assembly | |
In office 15 June 1993 – 5 November 1993 | |
President | Abulfaz Elchibey Himself |
Prime Minister | Surat Huseynov Fuad Guliyev |
Preceded by | Isa Gambar |
Succeeded by | Rasul Guliyev |
First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union | |
In office 24 November 1982 – 23 October 1987 | |
President | Vasili Kuznetsov (acting) Yuri Andropov Vasili Kuznetsov (acting) Konstantin Chernenko Vasili Kuznetsov (acting) Andrei Gromyko |
Premier | Nikolai Tikhonov Nikolai Ryzhkov |
Preceded by | Ivan Arkhipov |
Succeeded by | Andrei Gromyko |
Full member of the 26th, 27th Politburo | |
In office 22 November 1982 – 21 October 1987 | |
Candidate member of the 25th, 26th Politburo | |
In office 5 March 1976 – 22 November 1982 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev 10 May 1923 Nakhchivan ASSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
Died | 13 December 2003 Cleveland, Ohio, United States | (aged 80)
Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Political party | CPSU New Azerbaijan Party |
Spouse(s) | Zarifa Aliyeva |
Children | 2 (1 daughter: Sevil Aliyeva, 1 son: Ilham Aliyev) |
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Military service | |
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Branch/service | KGB of Azerbaijan SSR |
Years of service | 1941–1969 |
Rank | Major General |
Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev or Heydar Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, Russian: Гейдар Алиевич Алиев [Geidar Aliyevich Aliyev]; 10 May 1923[1] – 12 December 2003), also spelled Heidar Aliev or Haidar Aliev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from October 1993 to October 2003. His son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.
From 1969 to 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, effectively dominating the political life of Azerbaijan for many years.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Heydar Aliyev biography". Archived from the original on 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Heydar Aliyev at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website Archived 2014-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Official website Heydar Aliyev Foundation
- Envisioning the Nation - Interview: Azerbaijan's President, Heydar Aliyev
Categories:
- 1923 births
- 2003 deaths
- Deaths from congestive heart failure
- Deaths from renal failure
- Disease-related deaths in Ohio
- Presidents of Azerbaijan
- New Azerbaijan Party politicians
- Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920) politicians
- Soviet politicians
- Azerbaijani communists
- Azerbaijani nationalists
- Former dictators
- Burials at Alley of Honor
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin