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Ilham Aliyev

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Ilham Aliyev
How do dictatorships like Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan launder their reputations from despotic to democratic? This investigative series exposes how Lady Gaga, luxury gifts and scandalous private wealth are used to wield a new "caviar diplomacy" around the world.
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The Caviar Connection (2021)
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Ilham Aliyev was born on 24 December 1961 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]. He has been married to Mehriban Aliyeva since 22 December 1983. They have three children.
BornDecember 24, 1961
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    • Known for

    Kabel Eins: Newstime (2023)
    Kabel Eins: Newstime
    TV Series
    • Self
    Ekaterina Andreeva and Igor Kirillov in Vremya (1968)
    Vremya
    3.0
    TV Series
    • Self - President of Azerbaijan
    SBS World News (2002)
    SBS World News
    4.2
    TV Series
    • Self - Azerbaijani President
    Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (2004)
    Athens 2004: Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
    7.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - President of Azerbaijan

    Credits

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    Self

    • VOX Nachrichten (1993)
      VOX Nachrichten
      3.2
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2026
    • Ekaterina Andreeva and Igor Kirillov in Vremya (1968)
      Vremya
      3.0
      TV Series
      • Self - President of Azerbaijan
      • 2015–2026
    • Kabel Eins: Newstime (2023)
      Kabel Eins: Newstime
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2025
    • ZIB 13:00 Uhr (2010)
      ZIB 13:00 Uhr
      3.8
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2025
    • Arte Journal (1998)
      Arte Journal
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2022–2025
    • Morgenmagazin (1992)
      Morgenmagazin
      4.4
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2024–2025
    • Heute Xpress (2015)
      Heute Xpress
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2025
    • Chas Licciardello and John Barron in Planet America (2012)
      Planet America
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Self - President of Azerbaijan
      • 2025
    • Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson in Weekend Breakfast (2012)
      Weekend Breakfast
      3.8
      TV Series
      • Self - President of Azerbaijan
      • 2021–2025
    • Al Jazeera English (2006)
      Al Jazeera English
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Self - Azerbaijan President
      • 2024
    • SBS World News (2002)
      SBS World News
      4.2
      TV Series
      • Self - Azerbaijani President
      • 2024
    • Arte Info Plus (2022)
      Arte Info Plus
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2023
    • Invisible Republic (2022)
      Invisible Republic
      7.3
      • Self
      • 2022
    • Bild Live (2013)
      Bild Live
      3.3
      TV Series
      • Self - Aserbaidschans Präsident
      • 2022
    • Serkan Metan in 2020: The Lost Year (2021)
      2020: The Lost Year
      6.9
      Short
      • Self
      • 2021

    Archive Footage

    • Ekaterina Andreeva and Igor Kirillov in Vremya (1968)
      Vremya
      3.0
      TV Series
      • Self - President of Azerbaijan (archive footage)
      • 2024–2026
    • TLDR News EU (2020)
      TLDR News EU
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2025–2026
    • TLDR News Global (2020)
      TLDR News Global
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2025–2026
    • Fauziah Ibrahim and Johanna Nicholson in Weekend Breakfast (2012)
      Weekend Breakfast
      3.8
      TV Series
      • Self - President of Azerbaijan (archive footage)
      • 2021–2026
    • Emma Rebellato and James Glenday in ABC News Breakfast (2008)
      ABC News Breakfast
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Self - President of Azerbaijan (archive footage)
      • 2024–2026
    • Aktuell nach eins (2020)
      Aktuell nach eins
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2025
    • France d'Outre-mer: les raisons de la colère
      TV Short
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2025
    • Pegasus, un espion dans votre poche (2023)
      Pegasus, un espion dans votre poche
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2023
    • Pulverfass Kaukasus (2022)
      Pulverfass Kaukasus
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2022
    • Vladimir Putin in Poutine, le retour de l'ours dans la danse (2022)
      Poutine, le retour de l'ours dans la danse
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
      • 2022
    • La caviar connection (2021)
      La caviar connection
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2021
    • The Caviar Connection (2021)
      The Caviar Connection
      7.8
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2021
    • Olga Belova in Glavnoe s Olgoy Belovoy (2019)
      Glavnoe s Olgoy Belovoy
      2.1
      TV Series
      • Self - President of Azerbaijan (archive footage)
      • 2021
    • Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat (2006)
      Borat
      7.4
      • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
      • 2006
    • What? Where? When? (1975)
      What? Where? When?
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2002

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    2020 The Lost Year Official Trailer
    Trailer 0:58
    2020 The Lost Year Official Trailer

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Ilham Äliyev
    • Height
      • 6′ 1¼″ (1.86 m)
    • Born
      • December 24, 1961
      • Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
    • Spouse
      • Mehriban AliyevaDecember 22, 1983 - present (3 children)

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      President of Azerbaijan (2003-).

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