Ilham Aliyev (National hero)

Ilham Aliyev(Azerbaijani: İlham Əliyev ) (5 May 1961, Gadabay, Azerbaijan SSR – 19 August 1990, Askipara, Qazax, Azerbaijan Republic) (National hero) was the military serviceman of Azerbaijan Armed Forces, warrior during the Nagorno-Karabakh War and National Hero of Azerbaijan.

Ilham Aliyev was born on 5 May 1961 in Gadabay, Azerbaijan SSR. He completed his secondary education in 1978. It was in 1980 he was drafted into the military service. In 1985, Ilham Aliyev was admitted to "Bryansk Special Secondary School".

After Armenia started territorial claims against the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in 1988 and due to that the ensuing war took place, Ilham Aliyev was sent to the Askipara village of the Qazakh District to defend the region from the offensive of the Armenian troops. He was killed during battles for that village.

Ilham Aliyev was married and had a child.

Ilham Aliyev was posthumously awarded the title of the "National Hero of Azerbaijan" by Presidential Decree No. 831 issued on 8 October 1992.

In 2013, a documentary feature film under the title of "Heroes of the Unconquerable Castle", which communicates the life and battles of Ilham Aliyev and of three other National Heroes of Gadabay - Isgender Aznaurov, Aytakin Mammadov and Mazahir Rustamov was produced.

He was buried in Gadabay District.