Ilham Aliyev

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev (born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician and statesman who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since 2003. He is the son of the previous president, Heydar Aliyev, and has led the New Azerbaijan Party since 2005. Aliyev briefly served as prime minister for his father before being elected to office in a presidential election defined by irregularities, shortly before his father's death.

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