Ilham Aliyev Biography

Ilham Aliyev is an Azerbaijani politician who has been the fourth president of Azerbaijan since October 31, 2003. He is the former Prime Minister of Azerbaijan.

His family benefited from their ties to state-owned enterprises. They own significant shares of many major banks in Azerbaijan, construction companies, telecommunications companies, and part of the country’s oil and gas industry. Much of the wealth is hidden in a complex network of offshore companies.

In 2012, he was named “Person of the Year” in corruption by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project. In 2017, it was revealed that Aliyev and his family were involved in the Azerbaijan Laundry, a complex financial scheme designed to bribe European elites to suppress criticism of Aliyev and promote his good governance.

Many observers see Aliyev as a dictator. He ran the administration in Azerbaijan; elections are not free and fair, political power is in the hands of Aliyev and his extended family, corruption is widespread, and threats of human rights violations continue (such as torture, detention, harassment of journalists and NGOs).

Ilham Aliyev Age

Ilham Aliyev was born on December 24, 1961 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is 60 years old.

Ilham Aliyev Height

Aliyev’s average height is 6 feet 2 inches.

Ilham Aliyev Family

Ilham was born in Baku, Azerbaijan and raised by loving and caring parents. However, information about his family is under review and this section will be updated as soon as possible.

Ilham Aliyev’s Wife

He is married to his beautiful wife Meriban Aliyeva. The couple has three children named Leyla Aliyeva, Arzu Aliyeva and Heydar Aliyev.

Ilham Aliyev Salary

Ilham’s annual salary is £85,821.00.

Ilham Aliyev Net Worth

Aliyev’s net worth is estimated to be 500 million dollars.

Ilham Aliyev Career

Ilham was elected vice chairman of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party in 1999. In 2001, he was elected as the first vice president at the party’s second congress.

At the third meeting of the New Azerbaijan Party held on March 26, 2005, President Aliyev and the first representative of the party were elected as party leaders. The fourth and fifth congresses, held in 2008 and 2013, jointly supported his election as the country’s next president.

Aliyev was elected to the Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1995; he later became (still is) president of the National Olympic Committee. Between 2001 and 2003, he headed the Azerbaijani delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
In August 2003, Ilham Aliyev was appointed Prime Minister, while his father, Heydar Aliyev, was still the President of Azerbaijan, but could not attend public meetings due to his illness.