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The first biography of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, in English is now available on the popular website Amazon, AzerTac state news agency reported.

The Amazon online shop is today recognized as one of the biggest online shops of the world. Within 18 years of its existence, Amazon.az has become extremely popular. The average statistical number of visitors viewing the production and buying online a day is measured in eight-digit number (over 20,000,000 people). Books, including electronic, as well as multimedia production, constitute the biggest part of sales.

The first biography of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev 'Ilham: Portrait of a President' in English is put on sale on Amazon.com. The biography reflects the history of Azerbaijan, specifics of the political development of the country since ancient times up to now.
Famous British author and documentary maker, member of the Royal Geographical Association Graham Wilson, tried to describe the portrait of the leader and his people in period when Azerbaijan gained an unseen importance on the geopolitical arena on the basis of over 80 interviews.

The book attaches special role to the history of ancient times, the 23-month Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the Soviet period of Azerbaijan, biographies of great leader Heydar Aliyev, President Ilham Aliyev, their life and activity.

The book also reflected materials about the Khojaly tragedy and Black January, as well as the factors promoting the development of Azerbaijan in transparency, literacy, health, social provision, life span and economy.

The author of the book - Graham Wilson has written over 20 books including the biographies of the heads of a number of states, including United Arab Emirates, Maldives, Sri-Lanka, Oman and others. The films were made on the Discovery and National Geographic channels by the script of the 42-year old filmmaker.