Vilayat Guliyev

Vilayat Guliyev
Vilayət Quliyev
Guliyev in 2007
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
In office October 26, 1999 – April 7, 2004
President	Heydar Aliyev Ilham Aliyev
Preceded by	Tofig Zulfugarov
Succeeded by	Elmar Mammadyarov
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-05) 5 November 1952 (age 71) Agjabadi, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Vilayat Mukhtar oglu Guliyev (Azerbaijani: Vilayət Muxtar oğlu Quliyev / Вилајәт Мухтар оғлу Гулијев, pronounced [vilɑˈjæt muxˈtɑɾ oɣˈlu ɡuˈlijef]; born 5 November 1952) is an Azerbaijani politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan from 1999 to 2004. He was elected to the Azeri parliament in 1996 as a supporter of President Heydar Aliyev. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Aliyev, and for short term under his son, Ilham, from October 1999 until April 2004, when he was replaced by Elmar Mammadyarov.^[1]