British The Business Year magazine has named Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev the Person of the Year.
President Ilham Aliyev was honored for his role in ensuring Azerbaijan`s rapid development in the last five years; in turning the country into an important actor on the global geopolitical scene; in ensuring Azerbaijan`s tremendous contribution to maintaining global peace and security as an UN Security Council member and to developing the ICT sector both in Azerbaijan, in the region and in the world through launching Azerspace, the country`s first communications satellite; as well as in making Azerbaijan the center for high-profile international social, political, economic forums, conferences and sport tournaments.
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