Yearbook 2003 Azerbaijan. President Gejdar Alijev’s weak health left its mark on political developments during the year. When Alijev was cared for abroad in August, Parliament was summoned to a crisis meeting and elected President’s son Ilham Alijev as new Prime Minister. As a result, Alijev the younger one was in turn to succeed his imperious father, which was made possible by a constitutional amendment approved in a controversial referendum…
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