Statue of Heydar Aliyev, Mexico City
The statue of Heydar Aliyev is a bronze sculpture of the third president of Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev, previously installed along Paseo de la Reforma, in Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City.
The statue in 2012
Heydar Aliyev c. 2000
The embassy of Azerbaijan in Mexico donated the statue in Tlaxcoaque Plaza (pictured in 2012)
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1982, and the third president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to October 2003.
Official portrait
Heydar Aliyev with his family in 1920s
Aliyev in his KGB uniform
Aliyev during his visit to a state collective farm in 70s