First Lady of Azerbaijan

First Lady of Azerbaijan
Azərbaycanın birinci xanımı
Current Mehriban Aliyeva since 31 October 2003
Inaugural holder	Adila Mutallibova
Formation	30 August 1991

First Lady of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanın birinci xanımı) is the informal title of the wife of the president of Azerbaijan. The current first lady is Mehriban Aliyeva, wife of President Ilham Aliyev, who has held the position since 31 October 2003.

First ladies of Azerbaijan (1918–1920)

Main article: Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

First Ladies	Term began	Term ended	President of Azerbaijan
Umbul Banu Rasulzadeh	May 28, 1918	December 7, 1918	Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh
Peri Malikova	December 7, 1918	April 27, 1920	Alimardan Topchubashov

First ladies of Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1991)

Main article: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

First Ladies	Term began	Term ended	President of Azerbaijan
Tamarakhanum Khoyskaya	February 1920	July 23, 1920	Mirza Davud Huseynov
Vera Naneyshvili	July 23, 1920	September 9, 1920	Viktor Naneyshvili
-	September 9, 1920	September 15, 1920	Elena Stasova
Anna Dumbadze-Bakhtadze	September 15, 1920	November 24, 1920	Vladimir Dumbadze
-	October 24, 1920	July 27, 1921	Grigory Kaminsky
Mariya Lvovna Marlkus	July 24, 1921	January 5, 1925	Sergey Kirov
Frida Naumovna Shlemova	January 5, 1925	January 6, 1926	Ruhulla Akhundov
Natalia Yevgenievna Gikalo	July 11, 1929	August 5, 1930	Nikolai Gikalo
Esfir Iosifovna Polonskaya	August 5, 1930	February 7, 1933	Vladimir Polonsky
Yevgeniya Mikhailovna Baghirova	December 10, 1933	April 6, 1953	Mir Jafar Baghirov
-	April 6, 1953	February 12, 1954	Mir Teymur Yagubov
-	February 16, 1954	July 8, 1959	Imam Mustafayev
Sona Akhundova	July 10, 1959	July 14, 1969	Vali Akhundov
Zarifa Aliyeva	July 14, 1969	December 3, 1982	Heydar Aliyev
Tatiana Baghirova	December 3, 1982	May 21, 1988	Kamran Baghirov
Irina Vezirova	May 21, 1988	January 20, 1990	Abdurrahman Vazirov
Adila Mutallibova	August 30, 1991	March 6, 1992	Ayaz Mutallibov

First Ladies of Azerbaijan (since 1991)

First Ladies	Portrait	Term began	Term ended	President of Azerbaijan	Notes
Adila Mutallibova		30 August 1991	6 March 1992	Ayaz Mutallibov
Aziza Mammadova		6 March 1992	14 May 1992	Yagub Mammadov (acting)
Adila Mutallibova		14 May 1992	18 May 1992	Ayaz Mutallibov
Aida Bagirova		19 May 1992	16 June 1992	Isa Gambar (acting)
Halima Aliyeva		16 June 1992	1 September 1993	Abulfaz Elchibey
Position vacant		3 October 1993	31 October 2003	Heydar Aliyev	Aliyev's wife, Zarifa Aliyeva, died in 1985
Mehriban Aliyeva		31 October 2003	Present	Ilham Aliyev