Abulfaz Elchibey (Əbülfəz Elçibəy in Azerbaijani; b. June 24, 1938, Nakhichevan - d. August 22, 2000, Ankara) was an Azerbaijani political figure. His real name was Abulfaz Qadirqulu oglu Aliyev (Əbülfəz Qədirqulu oğlu Əliyev in Azerbaijani), but he changed his name when he started to agitate for politcal reform. He was the first non-communist President of Azerbaijan, serving from June 16, 1992 until he was overthrown on September 1, 1993. Image File history File links Elchibey. ... Image File history File links Elchibey. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... The country of Azerbaijan is a presidential republic, with the President of Azerbaijan as the head of state, and the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan as head of government. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Elections in June 1992 resulted in him becoming the country’s second president as a member of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party. His election came at a time when Azerbaijan was fighting a war with Armenians over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The PFP-dominated government, however, proved incapable of either credibly prosecuting the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict or managing the economy, and many PFP officials came to be perceived as corrupt and incompetent. The Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (AzÉ™rbaycan Xalq CÉ™bhÉ™si Partiyası) is the main opposition political party in Azerbaijan, founded in 1992 by Abulfez Elchibey. ... Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally mountainous black garden or upper black garden; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. ...

Growing discontent culminated in June 1993 in an armed insurrection in Ganja, Azerbaijan’s second-largest city. As the rebels advanced virtually unopposed on the country's capital, Baku, President Elchibey fled to his native village of Keleki in Nakhichevan. The Military installed parliamentary speaker Heydar Aliyev (no relation) as the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan on June 15, 1993, and the National Assembly elected him as President nine days later. Aliyev declared a ceasefire in the war, and Elchibey was forced to leave politics, formally stepping down as president on September 1, 1993. Ganja (Azerbaijani GÉ™ncÉ™) is Azerbaijans second largest city. ... Satellite view of Baku The Baku harbour on the south of Absheron peninsula The Maiden Tower in old town Baku Baku (Azerbaijani: Bakı), sometimes known as Baky or Baki, is the capital of Azerbaijan. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev (HeydÉ™r Əlirza oÄŸlu Əliyev in Azerbaijani) (sometimes transliterated as Heidar Aliev or Geidar Aliev from the Russian Гейдар Алиев) (May 10, 1923? - December 12, 2003) served as president of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The external link and official web site of Parliament of Azebaijan is: http://www. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

In 1997 he returned to Baku and spoke out against Aliyev. He was charged and went to trial in 1999 for accusing Aliyev of supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party but the charges were later dropped. Elchibey later went to Ankara, Turkey where he died. The Kurdistan Workers Party (Kurdish: Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan or PKK), also known as KADEK and Kongra-Gel, is a militant organization, dedicated to creating an independent Kurdish state in a territory (sometimes referenced as Kurdistan) that consists of parts of southeastern Turkey, northeastern Iraq, northeastern Syria and northwestern Iran. ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after İstanbul. ...