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Remembering Heydar Aliyev... |
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Thursday, 17 April 2008 |
 The first FIDE Grand Prix tournament will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan and is dedicated to the 85th birthday of former Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev, the father of the current President, Ilham Aliyev.
Heydar Aliyev was the president of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him. From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet Azerbaijan. He passed away on December 12, 2003.
Baku 2008, the Grand Prix tournament in April-May 2008, is dedicated to Aliyev's 85th birthday: May 10, 1923.
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