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Heydar Aliyev named among world`s top politicians

8 October 2008 21:06 (UTC+04:00)
Heydar Aliyev named among world`s top politicians
Azerbaijani national leader, former president Heydar Aliyev, is among the most skillful and charismatic politicians of the past two decades, an online poll held in Sweden has found.
Aliyev ranked fourth among 20 renowned political figures in the world, according to the poll, which interviewed some 4,000 Swedes by the local influential SistaDagen newspaper, the State Committee on Work with Azerbaijanis Living Abroad said.
In the poll, US President George Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair polled behind Aliyev.
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt was rated as the most outstanding and skilful politician, while Vladimir Putin, Russia`s former President and now its influential Prime Minister, came in second. He is followed by ex-Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ranked 16th.

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