Ruler · 1923 – 2003

Heydar Aliyev

Lived 1923 – 2003; politician. President of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan), 1993; also in the line of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.

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Lived: 1923 – 2003; 80 years
In office: 13 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan · the 5th of 6 dated reigns · 1992 – 2003

1 before

Isa Gambar1992

Ayaz Mutallibov1992

Abulfaz Elchibey1992 – 1993

Heydar Aliyev1993

Ilham Aliyev2003 – …

left alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1993 · under a year · came to it aged 70

Came to it: elected
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1993; they died in 2003

Under the pressure and criticism from groups connected to his nemesis, the leader of Soviet Azerbaijan Ayaz Mutallibov, Aliyev again returned to Nakhchivan, where he was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Nakhchivan in 1991.

Also in the line of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (26th of 34).

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