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Heydar Aliyev

1923 - 2003

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Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, IPA: [hejˈdæɾ æliɾˈzɑ oɣˈlu æˈlijef]; Russian: Гейда́р Али́евич Али́ев, romanized: Geydar Aliyevich Aliyev, IPA: [ɡʲɪjˈdar ɐˈlʲijɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲijɪf]; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the third President of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003. As the national president, he held constitutional powers, but his influence on Azerbaijani politics had begun years earlier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heydar Aliyev has received more than 772,408 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Heydar Aliyev is the 704th most popular politician (up from 708th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 2nd in 2019) and the most popular Azerbaijani Politician.

Heydar Aliyev was the president of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. He was also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and served as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Heydar Aliyev ranks 704 out of 15,710. Before him are Paul of Greece, Gallienus, Saparmurat Niyazov, Robert II of France, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and Afonso I of Portugal. After him are Ögedei Khan, Malik-Shah I, Vytautas, Mary of Hungary, Konstantin von Neurath, and Ahmose I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Heydar Aliyev ranks 10. Before him are Shimon Peres, Idi Amin, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, Charlton Heston, Wisława Szymborska, and Rocky Marciano. After him are Irma Grese, Italo Calvino, Roy Lichtenstein, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Nadine Gordimer, and Peter II of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 2003, Heydar Aliyev ranks 8. Before him are Charles Bronson, Katharine Hepburn, Leni Riefenstahl, Idi Amin, Gregory Peck, and Alija Izetbegović. After him are Barry White, Robert K. Merton, Nina Simone, Edward Teller, Edward Said, and Ilya Prigogine.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev ranks 3 out of 159. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141) and Richard Sorge (1895). After him are Lev Landau (1908), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Garry Kasparov (1963), Arghun (1250), Ilham Aliyev (1961), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), and Ivan Bagramyan (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among politicians born in Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev ranks 1. After him are Arghun (1250), Ilham Aliyev (1961), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), Serzh Sargsyan (1954), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884), Artur Rasizade (1935), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Robert Kocharyan (1954), and Fatali Khan Khoyski (1875).

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