First Name: Ilham
Title: President
Organization: Government of
Azerbaijan Date of Birth: 24/12/1961
Family: Son of the former
KGB head and later Azerbaijani president
Heydar Aliyev.Married with Three Children
Education: 1967-1977 School in Baku1977 Entered the Moscow State University of International Relations (MSUIR)1982 Continued his education as post graduate student at MSUIR.1985 FInalized his research and Recieved a PHD in history.
Languages: Fluent in Azerbaijani, Russian, English, French and Turkish.
CV: 1985-1990 Lecturer at the Moscow State University of International Relations. 1991-1994 Led a group of private industrial-commercial enterprises. 1994-2003 Vice-president, and later first vice-president of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR). 1995-2000 Twice elected to thr Milli Majlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 1997- President of National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan.1999 Elected as deputy chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party2001 Elected as first deputy chairman2005 Elected chairman of the Party. 2001-2003 Head of Azerbaijani Parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE). January 2003 Elected as Deputy-Chairman of Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe and member of the bureau of PACE. August 4 2003 Appointed as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan. October 15 2003 Elected as the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.. He assumed his post October 31 2003.
Quotes: "Vote for me as I am the only one who will continue
Aliyev's chosen path... I have tried and will try to be more and more like him "