Artur Rasizade

Artur Rasizade
Artur Rasizade
Artur Rasizadə
	Rasizade in 2020
6th & 8th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
	In office; 31 October 2003 – 21 April 2018; Acting: 6 August 2003 – 4 November 2003; (for Ilham Aliyev to 31 October 2003)
President	Ilham Aliyev
Deputy	Yaqub Eyyubov
Preceded by	Ilham Aliyev
Succeeded by	Novruz Mammadov
	In office; 20 July 1996 – 4 August 2003; Acting: 20 July 1996 – 26 November 1996 and 18 October 1998 – 24 October 1998
President	Heydar Aliyev
Preceded by	Fuad Guliyev
Succeeded by	Ilham Aliyev
Personal details
Born	26 February 1935 (age 89); Ganja, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union; (now Ganja, Azerbaijan)
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union (until 1991); New Azerbaijan Party;
Children	1 (a daughter)

Artur Tahir oghlu Rasizade (Azerbaijani: Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizadə; born 26 February 1935) is an Azerbaijani politician who served as the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan from 1996 until 2018 under the authoritarian regimes of Heydar Aliyev and his son Ilham Aliyev.^[1] Thomas de Waal writes of Rasizade's tenure that he "had no political influence", "was unknown outside the country" and his "departure barely merited any commentary."^[1]

Rasizade was a long-time Communist Party member during the Azerbaijan SSR period.

^ ^a ^b Waal, Thomas De (2018). The Caucasus: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-19-068308-5.

[:0-1] Waal, Thomas De (2018). The Caucasus: An Introduction. Oxford University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-19-068308-5.

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