Arzu Aliyeva

Arzu Aliyeva (Azerbaijani: Arzu İlham qızı Əliyeva, born 23 January 1989) is the younger daughter of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev.

Arzu Aliyeva
Arzu Əliyeva
Aliyeva in 2018
Born (1987-01-23) 23 January 1987
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityAzerbaijani
Occupation(s)Film producer, public figure
Spouse
Samed Gurbanov
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(m. 2011)​
Children2
Parent(s)Ilham Aliyev
Mehriban Aliyeva

Early life

Arzu Aliyeva was born on 23 January 1987, in Baku, then Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. She attended high school number 160 in Baku and was also educated in Switzerland and Great Britain, together with her older sister Leyla.

Career

She is a member of the ruling Aliyev family in Azerbaijan. She was embroiled in scandals involving the family's wealth, as she and her family members had wealth stashed in elaborate networks of offshore companies.[1] The documents showed that Arzu and her sister Leyla controlled two previously hidden British Virgin Islands-incorporated firms — Kingsview Developments Limited and Exaltation Limited.[1][2] Documents have also shown her to be the owner of the offshore company Arbor Investments.[3]

According to a 2010 RFE/RL report, she owns Silk Way Bank.[3] A 2012 report from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found that she owned a house worth $1 million in the Czech luxury resort Karlovy Vary.[3]

In 2008, Arzu Aliyeva participated in the shooting of a promotional video clip about Azerbaijan. This video clip was shown on CNN and Euronews.[4] She produced the documentaries "Objective: Baku. Hitler’s War On Oil” (2015) and "Son Iclas" (2018).[5] She directed Eternal Mission” (Original: “Abadi ezamiyyat”, 2016).[5] Aliyeva is a co-owner of Silk Way Bank, a "pocket" bank of the holding company SW Holding, owned by numerous services of the state airline AZAL during privatization. She works for the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, named after her grandfather and run by her mother Mehriban Aliyeva.

In November 2021, Arzu Aliyeva was awarded the prize for "Contribution to the Culture of the Turkic World" at the Korkut Ata Film Festival in Istanbul.[6]

Personal life

She has been married to Samed Gurbanov since 3 September 2011. Samed Gurbanov (born 1988) is the only son of the Azerbaijani-Russian businessperson Aydin Kurbanov. Samed Gurbanov was born and raised in Moscow, and is currently involved in family business.[7] Gurbanov has two children: Aydin (born 2012) and Aziza (born 2016).

References
  1. "How Family that Runs Azerbaijan Built an Empire of Hidden Wealth - ICIJ". 4 April 2016. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  2. "UK law firm accused of failings over Azerbaijan leader's daughters' offshore assets". the Guardian. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. "Offshore Companies Link Corporate Mogul, Azerbaijan's President". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  4. Bu video klip CNN və Euronews kanallarında nümayiş olunub."
  5. Arzu Əliyevanın filmi Braziliyada."
  6. "Haber Global prepares footage about awarding prize of International Festival to Arzu Aliyeva". Report News Agency. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  7. Arzu Əliyevanın toyu sadə və nəfis təşkil edilib
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