阿里耶夫治理下的阿塞拜疆

Azerbaijan Under the Rule of President Heydar Aliyev

阿里耶夫於蘇聯時代曾經歷任阿塞拜疆國安會主席、阿共中委會第一書記、蘇共中央政治局委員、蘇聯部長會議第一副主席；當他被戈巴契夫罷黜後，遂回到家鄉納希切萬自治共和訴又當選為最高蘇維埃主席，後來他放棄共黨黨員身分，並再建立起自己的權力基礎，一九九三年十月，他再度勝選成為阿國元首。在近五年間，他雖掌握實權，但仍一直在面對國內外困難環境，並全力奮鬥；他的治理作風雖還具有過去的舊制統治模式，可是在實施國家體制轉型過程上畢竟略有果效。未來任期，若無意外與大礙，政經改革成績應較目前明顯才是。

During the former Soviet era, Heydar Aliyev served for twenty years in a number of key posts, ranging from Chairman of the Azerbaijani branch of the KGB, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijani Communist Party (ACP), full member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Soviet Union (CPSU) to the First Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers. When Gorbachev ousted him from the Politburo in 1987, Aliyev was soon overwhelmingly elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Nakbichevom Autonomous Republic on a nationalist platform. After withdrawing his membership from the Communist Party, he built a power base and became the top leader of the Azerbaijani Republic with the October 1993 election.Aliyev has held real state power over the last five years. Confronted with difficulties both internally and externally, he has shown tremendous will and courage. His ruling style has been criticized as being similar to the past Soviet system, but progress has been made during this first phase of the transition period. If he is re-elected in September 1998 and no major unforeseen obstacles or incidents occur in his next term, there are many reasons to be optimistic about the future of political and economic reforms in Azerbaijan.