Great son of a great nation

On December 12, 2025, it will be 22 years since our country has lived without Heydar Aliyev - the founder of the modern independent Azerbaijani state, the national leader of the people.

Heydar Aliyev lives forever - in our minds and hearts, for all its past and present achievements Azerbaijan owes to the genius of the great son of the Azerbaijani people, who passed the work of his life to his associate, follower and implementer of all his ideas - President Ilham Aliyev.

Heydar Aliyev is an outstanding statesman, a great politician, a phenomenal personality who has become a source of pride for every Azerbaijani. He earned nationwide love and respect through his selfless service to the people, his entire life, indomitable spirit, and painstaking work. Heydar Aliyev is in the soul of the people, which means he will live forever. For all time.

The era of the country's revival

Heydar Aliyev devoted his entire significant and glorious life to the protection, strengthening, and progress of Azerbaijani statehood. His life path is an exemplary school embodying high human and moral qualities. The years of the great leader's leadership of our country have gone down in history as an era of national revival and the formation of an independent state, writes the newspaper "Caspian".

During the Soviet period, Heydar Aliyev was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for 20 years and served as Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for five years.

In October 1987, in protest against the policies pursued by the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and personally by Secretary General Mikhail Gorbachev, Heydar Aliyev resigned from his positions.

The day after the bloody tragedy perpetrated by Soviet troops on January 20, 1990, in Baku, Heydar Aliyev made a statement at Azerbaijan's mission in Moscow and demanded punishment for the organizers and perpetrators of the crime committed against the Azerbaijani people. His statement marked the beginning of a new political era not only in Azerbaijan but throughout the former Soviet Union.

Returning to Azerbaijan in July 1990, Heydar Aliyev lived first in Baku and then in Nakhchivan. In the same year, he was elected as a deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan. At the founding congress of the "New Azerbaijan" party held in 1992 in Nakhchivan, Heydar Aliyev was elected its chairman.

When in May-June 1993 the country faced the threat of civil war and loss of independence, the Azerbaijani people demanded that Heydar Aliyev be brought to power. On June 15, 1993, he was elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan. This date has gone down in history as the Day of National Salvation. From July 24, Heydar Aliyev, in accordance with the decision of the Milli Mejlis, began to exercise the powers of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. And as a result of the nationwide vote on October 3, 1993, he was elected President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Savior of the people

Heydar Aliyev is a great Azerbaijani who saved Azerbaijani statehood from the threat of collapse. His return to power in 1993 changed the course of history, saving the Azerbaijani people from enormous losses and difficulties. Having overcome all the threats facing our country, the great leader put it on the path of irreversible development.

The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev implemented Heydar Aliyev's ideas