This is the list of the heads of state of Azerbaijan from 1918 to the present. 25 people have been head of the Azerbaijani state since its establishment in 1918. It includes leaders of short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920), of Soviet Azerbaijan (1920–1991), and of post-Soviet era. Multiple terms in office, consecutive or otherwise, are listed and counted in the first column (administration number) and the second column counts individuals. The youngest head of state by his accession to office was Grigory Kaminsky, at age 25, and the oldest Heydar Aliyev, at age 70.

Leaders of Azerbaijan since 1918

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918–1920)

:Chairman of the Azerbaijani National Council :Chairman of Parliament

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (1922–1936) and Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1936–1991)

:Chairman of the Presidium of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR :Executive Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR :First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR

Republic of Azerbaijan (1990–present)

:Presidents } , 18 May 1990 , 6 March 1992 , , style="background:;", Communist
, ''22.'' Mütəllibov II ,

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

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, rowspan="2" , Yagub Mammadov (acting)

(born 1941) , 6 March 1992 , 14 May 1992 , , style="background:;" , None , — , — , rowspan="2" , , - , colspan=6 align=left, , - bgcolor="#EEEEEE" ! rowspan="2" style="background:;" , (21) , rowspan="2" , Ayaz Mutalibov 1992

, rowspan="2" , Ayaz Mutallibov

(1938–2022) , 14 May 1992 , 18 May 1992 , , style="background:;" , None , Mütəllibov II , — , rowspan="2" , , - , colspan=6 align=left, , - bgcolor="#EEEEEE" ! rowspan="2" style="background:;" , — , rowspan="2" ,

, rowspan="2" , Isa Gambar (acting)

(born 1957) , 18 May 1992 , 17 June 1992 , , style="background:;" , Azerbaijani Popular Front Party , — , — , rowspan="2" , , - , colspan=6 align=left, , - bgcolor="#EEEEEE" ! rowspan="2" style="background:;" , 22 , rowspan="2" , Abulfaz Elchibey (1992)

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Abulfaz Elchibey Abulfaz Elchibey ( az, Əbülfəz Elçibəy; 24 June 1938, in Nakhchivan – 22 August 2000, in Ankara) was an Azerbaijani political figure and a former Soviet dissident. His real name was Abulfaz Gadirgulu oghlu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: ''Əbülf� ...

(1938–2000) , 17 June 1992 , 24 June 1993 , , style="background:;" , Azerbaijani Popular Front Party , ''23.'' Elçibəy I ,

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

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, rowspan="3" , Heydar Aliyev

(1923–2003) , 24 June 1993 , 10 October 1993 , , rowspan="2" style="background:;" , New Azerbaijan Party , rowspan="2" , ''24.'' H.Əliyev II , — , , - bgcolor="#EEEEEE" ! rowspan="2" style="background:;" , (18) , 10 October 1993 , 31 October 2003 , ,

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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Ilham Aliyev Ilham Heydar oghlu Aliyev ( az, İlham Heydər oğlu Əliyev, ; born 24 December 1961) is the fourth president of Azerbaijan, serving in the post since 31 October 2003. The son and second child of the former Azerbaijani leader Heydar Aliyev, ...

(born 1961) , 31 October 2003 , Incumbent , , style="background:;" , New Azerbaijan Party , ''25.'' İ.Əliyev I ,

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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References

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