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Abulfaz Elchibey (Azerbaijani: Əbülfəz Elçibəy; 24 June 1938 Nakhchivan – 22 August 2000 Ankara) was an Azerbaijani political figure and a former Soviet dissident. His real name was Abulfaz Qadirqulu oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Əbülfəz Qədirqulu oğlu Əliyev; Russian: Абульфа́з Гадиркули́ оглы́ Али́ев) but he assumed the nickname of Elçibəy (Azerbaijani for the noble messenger) upon his leadership of the Azerbaijani Popular Front in 1990.

active years end date
1993-09-01
active years start date
1992-06-16
birth date
1938-06-07
birth place
Soviet Union, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Nakhchyvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
death date
2000-08-22
death place
Ankara, Turkey
nationality
Azerbaijan
order in office
President of Azerbaijan, 2nd
party
Azerbaijani Popular Front Party
prime minister
Ali Masimov, Panah Huseynov, Rahim Huseynov
religion
Shia Islam
successor
Heydar Aliyev

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