Heydar Aliyev



Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev (May 10, 1923 – December 12, 2003), also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev, was the president of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.

Quotes

 * I ask Congressmen why they have such close relations with Armenia, and they say that the Armenian Diaspora gives them a lot of money. Is that corruption or not?
 * Answering the question of Jeffrey Goldberg "What sort of corruption do you see in America?" October 4, 1998, The New York Times.


 * In reality, the Khojali tragedy is one of the greatest human atrocities of the 20th century. Every effort must be made to seek the world community's unbiased and resolute position regarding this genocide.
 * Azerbaijan International (7.1) Spring 1999


 * Azerbaijan became the Independent Republic […] A new epoch has begun in the life of Azerbaijan. And the history of our oil industry has got a new foundation, that’s to say, the third stage… During the new stage, expressing the will of the Azerbaijani people, we undertake necessary measures to use its natural resources.
 * The speech of President Heydar Aliyev at the signing ceremony of the Contract of the Century (20 September 1994)


 * There is no alternative to reforms [...] Whoever is against this and is stealthily trying to interfere with our work, is not with us along the way.
 * as quoted in "Azeri leader slams government for frequent economic forecast changes", Reuters, October 17, 2019

Quotes on Nagorno Karabakh
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 * The Territorial integrity of Azerbaijan is not and will never be the topic of negotiations… Azerbaijan will not retreat from this position in any single step. This means that in territorial integrity of Azerbaijan […] there will be no compromise.

Quotations about Aliyev

 * He's a real cool cat.
 * Zbigniew Brzezinski