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Ilham Aliyev

Person of interest · Politician

Ilham Aliyev is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Ilham Alijev · Ilham Aliyev · Ilham Alíev · Ilham Alíyev · Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev · 28 more...				[sources]
Alias	Il'cham Gejdarovič Alijev · Ilcham Alijev · Ilcham Alijew · Ilham Aliev · Ilham Alijew · 52 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	ალიევი · イルハム・ヘイダル＝オグル・アリエフ · 伊利哈姆·海德尔·奥格雷·阿利耶夫 · 伊尔哈姆·阿利耶夫				[sources]
Birth date	1961-12-24				[sources]
Place of birth	Baku				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Azerbaijan				[sources]
Country	Azerbaijan				[sources]
Citizenship	Azerbaijan · Soviet Union				[sources]
Classification	National government (current)				[sources]
First name	İlham				[sources]
Last name	Aliyev · Əliyev				[sources]
Summary	[534] Will Fitzgibbon, Miranda Patrucic, and Marcos Garcia Rey, “How the Family That Runs Azerbaijan Built an Empire of Hidden Wealth,” Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, April 4, 2016, available at: https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/azerbaijani-first-familys-hidden-wealth/ ; [885] Modern, “How Much Do Presidents Get Paid - LIST,” June 11, 2014, available at: https://modern.az/az/news/58961 ; [891] Human Rights Watch, “Azerbaijan: Relentless Crackdown on Opposition,” August 19, 2020, available at: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/08/19/azerbaijan-relentless-crackdown-opposition ; [892] President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, “Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev,” available at: https://president.az/en/pages/view/president/biography (last accessed February 22, 2024). ; [1014] Freedom House, “Azerbaijan,” 2023, available at: https://freedomhouse.org/country/azerbaijan/freedom-world/2023 ; [1015] Paul Lewis, “H.A. Aliyev, K.G.B. Officer And Azeri Leader, 80, Dies,” New York Times, December 13, 2003, available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/13/world/ha-aliyev-kgb-officer-and-azeri-leader-80-dies.html				[sources]
Title	His Excellency				[sources]
Website	president.az				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q57371				[sources]
Position	President · President of Azerbaijan (2003-) · Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (2003-2003) · Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2001-2004) · general secretary (2019-2021) · 5 more...				[sources]
Education	Baku city secondary school number 6 · Candidate of Historical Sciences (1985) · Doctor of Historical Sciences · Doktor Nauk in Political Science · Moscow State Institute of International Relations (1977-1985)				[sources]
Religion	Islam · Shia Islam				[sources]
Source link	www.cia.gov · www.cia.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-14	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

President of Azerbaijan since 2003

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-08-22

Relationships

Directorships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Beckforth Services Limited	Director	1998-01-01	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sevil Alieva Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Mehriban Alieva Politician	Spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
President of Azerbaijan	2003-10-31	-

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Mehriban Alieva Politician	spouse	1983-12-22	-

Data sources

UN Heads of State, Heads of Government and Ministers for Foreign Affairs1,081

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DGACM

The Sentry Atlas397

Networks of people, companies and assets linked to violent conflict, repression, and kleptocracy.

Sentry · non-official source

US CIA World Leaders11,021

An index of most national-level cabinet members in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories381,040

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

US CIA World Factbook Heads of State and Government872

An index of most national-level heads of state and heads of government in world governments that is publicly maintained by the CIA.

United States · CIA

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,757

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,743

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: unprot-9da500d3adaf8bccd082e7a17a6b89b42c2e5ff9 · unprot-1f206a117f07ead17f84494a784e74ea8df32cd9 · unprot-9d5d70d7f8aef8ea8fecee0d331833b855ebe425 · sentry-b9e2641c-cf37-4113-83ae-63e39eb7009a · us-cia-azerbaijan-ilham-aliyev-president

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