Vilayat Guliyev

Vilayat Guliyev
Vilayət Quliyev
Guliyev in 2007
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 May 2022
Preceded by	Eldar Hasanov
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Hungary
In office 30 March 2010 – 23 July 2021
Preceded by	Hasan Hasanov
Succeeded by	Tahir Taghizade
Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Poland
In office 7 June 2004 – 30 March 2010
Succeeded by	Hasan Hasanov
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 26 October 1999 – 2 April 2004
President	Heydar Aliyev Ilham Aliyev
Preceded by	Tofig Zulfugarov
Succeeded by	Elmar Mammadyarov
Personal details
Born	(1952-11-05) 5 November 1952 (age 71) Agjabadi, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Vilayat Mukhtar oglu Guliyev (Azerbaijani: Vilayət Muxtar oğlu Quliyev / Вилајәт Мухтар оғлу Гулијев, pronounced [vilɑˈjæt muxˈtɑɾ oɣˈlu ɡuˈlijef]; born 5 November 1952) is an Azerbaijani politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan from 1999 to 2004. He was elected to the Azeri parliament in 1996 as a supporter of President Heydar Aliyev. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Aliyev, and for short term under his son, Ilham, from October 1999 until April 2004, when he was replaced by Elmar Mammadyarov.^[1]