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Leyla Aliyeva
Leyla Əliyeva
Born	(1984-07-03) 3 July 1984 (age 40) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Spouse	Emin Agalarov ​ ​(m. 2006; div. 2015)​
Children	3
Parent(s)	Ilham Aliyev Mehriban Aliyeva
Website	http://www.leyla-aliyeva.az/en/

Leyla Aliyeva (Template:Lang-az, born 3 July 1984) is the first daughter of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

Early life

According to her personal website, Aliyeva was born in Moscow on 3 July 1985. British company records, however, give her date of birth one year earlier, 3 July 1984, noting that the individual's details have been authenticated. From 2006 to 2008, Aliyeva pursued a master's degree at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-MSIIR; also the alma mater of her father).

She is editor-in-chief of style magazine Baku, launched in London in 2011.

She is a member of the ruling Aliyev family in Azerbaijan. She was embroiled in scandals involving the family's wealth, as she and her family members had wealth stashed in elaborate networks of offshore companies. The documents showed that Leyla and her sister Arzu controlled two previously hidden British Virgin Islands-incorporated firms — Kingsview Developments Limited and Exaltation Limited. Documents have also shown her to be the owner of offshore companies LaBelleza Holdings Limited and Harvard Management Limited.

Career

Leyla and her sister own a number of banks in Azerbaijan. She is listed as ultimate owner of Pasha Bank, Kapital Bank, Xalq Bank as per their IFRS reporting and ExpressBank according to records collected by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP).

Aliyeva is Vice-President of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, a charity run by the Aliyev ruling family in Azerbaijan.

In 2008, Leyla Aliyeva launched the social initiative “Justice For Khojaly” – a campaign on behalf of the bereaved and those left destitute as a result of the Khojaly massacre.

Aliyeva has been involved in efforts to promote Azerbaijan in Russia. In 2011 Leyla Aliyeva launched the international campaign International Dialogue for Environmental Action. In July 2011, the Taraggi (Progress) Medal was conferred on Aliyeva for her contributions to the development of Azerbaijan–Russia relations. In 2012, Aliyeva was awarded the medal “For Merits Before the Astrakhan Oblast". In 2013, she was decorated with Order of St. Olga 3rd Grade of the Russian Orthodox Church, and was awarded the “For Services to Volgograd Region” Prize. In 2015, Aliyeva was awarded the Pushkin Medal of the Russian Federation. During that year, she was conferred the title of Goodwill Ambassador of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. In 2016, Leyla Aliyeva received a diploma of Honorary Professor at Moscow State University. and a "Medal of Merit" from Moscow State International Relations Institute's Scientific Council.

Ali and Nino

She was the executive producer of Ali and Nino, while it was written by British screenwriter Christopher Hampton and directed by British filmmaker Asif Kapadia. Based on the novel of the same name by an Azerbaijani writer, the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2016.

International Dialogue for Environmental Action

In July 2011, Aliyeva launched the International Dialogue for Environmental Action (IDEA), an international environmental NGO that works to promote awareness and education of environmental issues.

Awards and recognition

• 2011 - Received the Key to Life award of the Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation(CCBF) in New York

• 2012 - Received Special International Honorary Award for Environmental Protection at the 6th International Environmental Project Olympiad (Inepo-Euroasia) held on April 6-7 in Baku

Personal life

Aliyeva is the mother of three children: Ali, Mikail and Amina.

In 2010 The Washington Post reported that Leyla along with her sister Arzu and brother Heydar own real estate in Dubai that is worth about $75 million. However, her husband at the time, Emin Agalarov, is the son of Russian billionaire Aras Agalarov. It is stated that those properties were bought by her father-in-law.

In May 2015 Aliyeva announced through Instagram that she had divorced Agalarov. Agalarov wrote: "We remain friends and continue to raise our children together".

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v t e Ilham Aliyev
4th President of Azerbaijan (2003–present) 7th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan (4 August – 31 October 2003)
Presidency	2003 presidential election 2008 presidential election 2013 presidential election 2018 presidential election 2024 presidential election Presidential trips
Family	Heydar Aliyev‎ (father) Zarifa Aliyeva‎ (mother) Jalal Aliyev (uncle) Mehriban Aliyev‎a (wife) Leyla Aliyeva‎ (daughter) Arzu Aliyeva‎ (daughter) Heydar Aliyev Jr. (son)
See also	2009 constitutional referendum Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Launching of Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a Halting of the Khazar Islands Project 2015 European Games 2016 Azerbaijani constitutional referendum Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway 2012 Armenian–Azerbaijani border clashes Ramil Safarov repatriation 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes 2014 Armenian Mil Mi-24 shootdown 2016 April clashes Gyunnut Operation Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea 2020 Tovuz clashes Second Nagorno-Karabakh War 2020 Russian Mil Mi-24 shootdown 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
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