children birth_date signature term_end alma_mater term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place president party office successor religion primeminister article_title birth_name
leyla arzu heydar 24 december 1961 signature of ilham aliyev.svg 4 november 2003 moscow state institute of international relations 31 october 2003 4 august 2003 31 october 2003 mehriban pashayeva -lrb- 1983 -- present -rrb- ilham aliyev par claude truong-ngoc juin 2014.jpg İlham Əliyev heydar aliyev artur rasizade heydar aliyev baku , azerbaijan ssr , soviet union heydar aliyev new azerbaijan party 4th leader of the new azerbaijan party president of azerbaijan 7th prime minister of azerbaijan artur rasizade shia islam artur rasizade ilham aliyev
 İlham heydər oğlu Əliyev
ilham aliyev

ilham heydar oglu aliyev -lrb- ; born 24 december 1961 -rrb- is the fourth and current president of azerbaijan , in office since 2003 .
he also functions as the chairman of the new azerbaijan party and the head of the national olympic committee .
ilham aliyev is the son of heydar aliyev , who was azerbaijan 's president from 1993 to 2003 .
