Ilham Aliyev
Ilham Aliyev | |
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Preses o Azerbaijan | |
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 | |
Assumed office 31 October 2003 | |
Precedit bi | Heydar Aliyev |
Personal details | |
Born | Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev 24 December 1961 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 |
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.
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]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "President Biography". Government of Azerbaijan. Archived frae the original on 20 Januar 2015. Retrieved 19 Januar 2013.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan's president to run for third term". The Times of Israel. 8 Juin 2012. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013.
The 51-year-old Aliyev has been president of the authoritarian, oil-rich Caspian Sea nation since taking over from his ailing father Heydar in October 2003.
- ↑ Vincent, Rebecca (19 Mey 2013). "When the music dies: Azerbaijan one year after Eurovision". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013.
Over the past several years, Azerbaijan has become increasingly authoritarian, as the authorities have used tactics such as harassment, intimidation, blackmail, attack and imprisonment to silence the regime's critics, whether journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, political activists, or ordinary people taking to the streets in protest.
- ↑ McGuinness, Damien (28 Mey 2013). "Cracking down on dissent in Ilham Aliyev's Azerbaijan". BBC News. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013.
But according to human rights groups, the charges are trumped up - an authoritarian government's attempt to stamp out any Arab Spring-style uprising, they say.
- ↑ Martin, Daniel (9 Mairch 2011). "Now Prince Andrew comes under fire for links to ruler of second corrupt former Soviet state". Daily Mail. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013.
Prince Andrew has developed a 'close friendship' with a billionaire dictator accused of torturing protesters, and lobbied the president of another of the world's 'most corrupt' countries, it has emerged.
- ↑ Harris, Mike (7 November 2012). "Why is a crucial conference on internet freedom taking place in a dictatorship?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013.
- ↑ "Josephine and the dictator". Irish Independent. 26 August 2012. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013.
- ↑ Scahill, Jeremy (2011). Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. London: Profile Books. p. 238. ISBN 9781847654786.
The board of directors includes senior executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Cono- coPhilips, and Coca-Cola, while the trustees include Azerbaijan's dictator, Ilham Aliyev, and top neoconservative Richard Perle.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Offeecial Azerbaijan preses wabsteid
- Offeecial YouTube channel o the Preses o Azerbaijan
- BBC profile: Ilham Aliyev
- Poleetical portrait o Ilham Aliyev
- Speeches, statements, interviews, declarations o the Azerbaijan Republic Preses Ilham Aliyev Archived 2012-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Ilham Aliyev an ile diplomacy o Azerbaijan Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
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