1961 - Today
Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev [ilˈhɑm hejˈdæɾ oɣˈlu æˈlijev]; born 24 December 1961) is an Azerbaijani politician who is the fourth and current president of Azerbaijan. The son and second child of former Azerbaijani president Heydar Aliyev, Aliyev became the country's president on 31 October 2003, after a two-month term as prime minister of Azerbaijan, through a presidential election defined by irregularities shortly before his father's death. He was reelected for a second term in 2008 and was allowed to run in elections indefinitely in 2013 and 2018 due to the 2009 constitutional referendum, which removed term limits for presidents. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilham Aliyev has received more than 3,469,135 page views. His biography is available in 101 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Ilham Aliyev is the 1,114th most popular politician (up from 1,988th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (up from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Azerbaijani Politician.
Ilham Aliyev is the president of Azerbaijan. He is most famous for his efforts to modernize the country and for his authoritarian rule.
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Among politicians, Ilham Aliyev ranks 1,114 out of 15,577. Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Stephen, King of England, Jungjong of Joseon, Ur-Nammu, Eric Bloodaxe, and Vidkun Quisling. After him are Wang Mang, Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, Idris of Libya, Albert II of Germany, William II of the Netherlands, and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
640 - 700
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1,108
1095 - 1154
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1,109
1488 - 1544
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 1,110
2200 BC - 2094 BC
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 1,111
885 - 954
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 1,112
1887 - 1945
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 1,113
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 1,114
45 BC - 23
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 1,115
1416 - 1469
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 1,116
1889 - 1983
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 1,117
1397 - 1439
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 1,118
1792 - 1849
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 1,119
1936 - 2019
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 1,120
Among people born in 1961, Ilham Aliyev ranks 3. Before him are Barack Obama and Diana, Princess of Wales. After him are George Clooney, Stephen Hillenburg, Lothar Matthäus, Michael J. Fox, Nadia Comăneci, Eddie Murphy, Enya, Bill de Blasio, and Carl Lewis.
1961 - Present
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 1
1961 - 1997
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 2
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 4
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 5
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 12
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev ranks 5 out of 189. Before him are Heydar Aliyev (1923), Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Richard Sorge (1895), and Lev Landau (1908). After him are Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Arghun (1250), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Garry Kasparov (1963), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), and Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921).
1923 - 2003
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 1
1141 - 1209
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 2
1895 - 1944
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 3
1908 - 1968
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 5
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 6
1250 - 1291
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 7
1927 - 2007
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 8
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 9
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 10
1901 - 1932
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 11
1921 - 2017
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 12
Among politicians born in Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev ranks 2. Before him are Heydar Aliyev (1923). After him are Arghun (1250), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), Abulfaz Elchibey (1938), Ayaz Mutallibov (1938), Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Artur Rasizade (1935), Ali Asadov (1956), Fatali Khan Khoyski (1875), and Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896).
1923 - 2003
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 1
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 2
1250 - 1291
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 3
1901 - 1932
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 4
1938 - 2000
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 5
1938 - 2022
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 6
1884 - 1955
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 7
1886 - 1955
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 8
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 9
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 10
1875 - 1920
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 11
1896 - 1956
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 12