Today is the birthday of President Ilham Aliyev

Today is the birthday of the President of Azerbaijan, the Victorious Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev.
Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev was born on 24 December, 1961 in Baku. From 1967 to 1977, he studied at secondary school No. 6 in Baku. From 1977 to 1982, he studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 1982, he entered the postgraduate course of the same institute. In 1985, he defended his dissertation and received the degree of Candidate of Historical Sciences. 
From 1994 to August 2003, he was first Vice-President and then First Vice-President of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1995 and 2000, he was elected a member of the Milli Majlis. Since 1997, he has been President of the National Olympic Committee. In 1999, he was elected Deputy Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party, in 2001, First Deputy Chairman, and in 2005, Chairman of the party. 
Ilham Aliyev was elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 15 October, 2003. In the presidential elections, more than 76 percent of voters voted for Ilham Aliyev. 
In the elections held on 15 October, 2008, Ilham Aliyev, who won 88.73 percent of the votes of the voters, was elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the second time. In the elections held on 9 October, 2013, Ilham Aliyev, who won 84.54 percent of the votes of the voters, was elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the second time. In the elections held on 11 April, 2018, Ilham Aliyev was again elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, winning 86.02 percent of the votes of the voters. In the snap elections held in Azerbaijan on 7 February, 2024, Ilham Aliyev was elected president of the country, gaining 92.12 percent of the vote.
Ilham Aliyev speaks Azerbaijani, Russian, English, French and Turkish.
On 27 September, 2020, in response to the large-scale provocations of the Armenian armed forces along the front, the Azerbaijani Army launched a counter-offensive operation, later called "Iron Fist". The 44-day Patriotic War ended with the liberation of our territories from occupation as a consequence of the leadership, diplomatic skills, principledness and iron will of the Victorious Supreme Commander-in-Chief, President Ilham Aliyev, and the territorial integrity of our country was ensured. 
On 19 September, 2023, local anti-terrorist measures were carried out in the region in order to restore the Constitutional structure of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Within the framework of the measures that lasted a little more than 23 hours, the enemy surrendered by raising a white flag. Thus, the Constitutional order was restored in all territories of Azerbaijan.
The staff of the public legal entity “Dendrology Garden” under the authority of the head of the Executive Power of Baku City congratulates Mr. President on his birthday, wishing him long life, good health and success in his activities!