Ilham Aliyev

Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (born December 24, 1961) is the current President of Azerbaijan and has been serving since 2003.

Ilham Aliyev
İlham Əliyev
Aliyev in 2023
4th President of Azerbaijan
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2003
Prime Minister	Artur Rasizade Novruz Mammadov Ali Asadov
Vice President	Mehriban Aliyeva
Preceded by	Heydar Aliyev
7th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
In office 4 August 2003 – 31 October 2003
President	Heydar Aliyev
Preceded by	Artur Rasizade
Succeeded by	Artur Rasizade
Leader of the New Azerbaijan Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 October 2003
Deputy	Mehriban Aliyeva
Preceded by	Heydar Aliyev
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 October 2019
Preceded by	Abulfaz Elchibey
Personal details
Born	İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev 24 December 1961 (age 62) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Soviet Azerbaijani
Political party	New Azerbaijan Party
Spouse(s)	Mehriban Aliyeva ​ (m. 1983)​
Children	Leyla Arzu Heydar
Parents	Heydar Aliyev Zarifa Aliyeva
Alma mater	Moscow State Institute of International Relations
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Aliyev succeeded his father Heydar Aliyev who was president of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. On August 4, 2003, two months before the presidential elections, he was made prime minister by his father who was very ill and dying. In October he easily won the presidential elections and became president on October 31, 2003. He also functions as the head of the New Azerbaijan Party.

He has been married to Mehriban Aliyeva since 1983. They have three children.

• The President of Azerbaijan