Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev; born 24 December 1961) is the Preses o Azerbaijan, havin been electit in 2003. He an aa functions as the Chairman o the New Azerbaijan Pairty an the heid o the Naitional Olympic Committee. Apart frae his native Azerbaijani, he speaks Inglis an Roushie.[1] Ilham Aliyev is the son o Heydar Aliyev, who wis Azerbaijan's preses frae 1993-2003.
His tenur as preses haes been marred bi widespread cases o poleetical corruption, censorship, an human richts abuses in Azerbaijan an allegations o nepotism an the concentration o the kintra's wealth an resoorces in the haunds o his faimily.
Aliyev haes been criticized for his alleged authoritarian rule[2][3][4] an eften describit as a dictator bi analysts an poleetical commentators.[5][6][7][8]
↑Vincent, Rebecca (19 Mey 2013). "When the music dies: Azerbaijan one year after Eurovision". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013. Over the past several years, Azerbaijan has become increasingly authoritarian, as the authorities have used tactics such as harassment, intimidation, blackmail, attack and imprisonment to silence the regime's critics, whether journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, political activists, or ordinary people taking to the streets in protest.
↑McGuinness, Damien (28 Mey 2013). "Cracking down on dissent in Ilham Aliyev's Azerbaijan". BBC News. Retrieved 10 Juin 2013. But according to human rights groups, the charges are trumped up - an authoritarian government's attempt to stamp out any Arab Spring-style uprising, they say.
↑Scahill, Jeremy (2011). Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. London: Profile Books. p. 238. ISBN9781847654786. The board of directors includes senior executives from ExxonMobil, Chevron, Cono- coPhilips, and Coca-Cola, while the trustees include Azerbaijan's dictator, Ilham Aliyev, and top neoconservative Richard Perle.