Arzu Aliyeva


Arzu Aliyeva is the youngest daughter of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. She is an Azerbaijani film producer, director and public figure.

Early life

Arzu Aliyeva was born on January 23 1989 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.

Professional activities

In 2008, Arzu Aliyeva participated in the shooting of a promotional video clip about Azerbaijan. This video clip was shown on CNN and Euronews.
She is a producer and director, among others of the movies "Eternal Mission”, "Objective: Baku. Hitler’s War On Oil” and "Son Iclas".
Arzu 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's also known for numerous charity activities. Beyond, she works for the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, named after her grandfather and run by her mother Mehriban Aliyeva.

Personal life

She has been married to Samed Gurbanov since September 3, 2011. Samed Gurbanov is the only son of the Azerbaijani-Russian entrepreneur Aydin Kurbanov, one of the creators of the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress. Samed Gurbanov was born and raised in Moscow, currently engaged in family business.
Two children grow up in Kurbanov's family: Aydin and Aziza.