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{{Villain_Infobox | {{Villain_Infobox | ||
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|fullname = Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev | |fullname = Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev | ||
|alias = Shining Son of the People | |alias = Shining Son of the People | ||
|origin =Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union | |origin =Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
|occupation = President of Azerbaijan (1993 - 2003)<br>First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (1982 - 1987)<br>First Secretary of | |occupation = President of Azerbaijan (1993 - 2003)<br>First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (1982 - 1987)<br>First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1969 - 1982) | ||
|type of villain = Dictator | |type of villain = Dictator | ||
|goals = | |goals = | ||
|crimes = [[Authoritarianism]]<br>Mass repression | |crimes = [[Authoritarianism]]<br>Mass repression | ||
|hobby = | |hobby = | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|In his eight years of rule, the autocrat has orchestrated a true cult of personality. Pictures of leathery, sphinxlike Aliyev stare from the wall in every office across the country. The paintings with the caption | {{Quote|In his eight years of rule, the autocrat has orchestrated a true cult of personality. Pictures of leathery, sphinxlike Aliyev stare from the wall in every office across the country. The paintings with the caption "Shining Son of the People" show an amazingly rejuvenated president emitting red and yellow rays of light, while in actuality 80-year-old Aliyev is suffering from cancer and has long since chosen his son Ilham to succeed him as president|Lutz Klaveman desribing Aliyev's personality cult}}'''Heydar Aliyev''' (May 10, 1923 - December 12, 2003) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the first President of Azerbaijan from 1993 to 2003. Aliyev served as the head of the [[KGB]] branch in Azerbaijan. He has long been accused of violating human rights and forming an autocratic system in Azerbaijan with some critics even describing the regime as totalitarian and magisterial. His rule was also characterized by [[censorship]] of the press and and atmosphere of fear in Azerbaijan. Aliyev was known for his [[cult of personality]] throughout the country. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Aliyev was born in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijani SSR. Aliyev studied architecture and history in Baku. In 1944 he joined the [[KGB]] of Soviet Azerbaijan and became its director in 1967. In 1969 Aliyev became First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Azerbaijan]]. In 1982 he was invited to Moscow as a full member of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) Politburo and first deputy chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers. He also served as a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for twenty years. | Aliyev was born in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijani SSR. Aliyev studied architecture and history in Baku. In 1944 he joined the [[KGB]] of Soviet Azerbaijan and became its director in 1967. In 1969 Aliyev became First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Azerbaijan]]. In 1982 he was invited to Moscow as a full member of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] (CPSU) Politburo and first deputy chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers. He also served as a member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for twenty years. | ||
Following Mikhail Gorbachev's accession to power, Aliyev was forced to resign from his positions in the Party in 1986 and in the government in 1987. Aliyev resigned from the CPSU in July 1990 citing, among other reasons, his objections to the use of the Soviet army units against demonstrators in Baku earlier that year. He returned to Nakhichevan, where he relaunched his career as the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Nakhichevan and deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet. In 1993 he was asked by the embattled President Abulfaz Elchibey of independent Azerbaijan to return to Baku. By October 1993 Aliyev was elected president of Azerbaijan. He was reelected in 1998. | Following Mikhail Gorbachev's accession to power, Aliyev was forced to resign from his positions in the Party in 1986 and in the government in 1987. Aliyev resigned from the CPSU in July 1990 citing, among other reasons, his objections to the use of the Soviet army units against demonstrators in Baku earlier that year. He returned to Nakhichevan, where he relaunched his career as the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Nakhichevan and deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet. In 1993 he was asked by the embattled President Abulfaz Elchibey of independent Azerbaijan to return to Baku. By October 1993 Aliyev was elected president of Azerbaijan. He was reelected in 1998. | ||