Arzu aliyeva ilham aliyev

October 22, (Washington, DC and Brussels) – Today, The Sentry published a massive trove of data detailing a private petrostate business empire controlled by Arzu and Leyla Aliyeva, the .

Aliyeva and her family have substantial wealth stashed in elaborate networks of offshore companies. She attended high school number in Baku and was also educated in Switzerland and Great Britain , together with her older sister Leyla. She is a member of the ruling Aliyev family in Azerbaijan. She was embroiled in scandals involving the family's wealth, as she and her family members had wealth stashed in elaborate networks of offshore companies.

In , Ilham Aliyev's regime granted license for a new mobile operator, Azerfon , to enter the Azerbaijani market. In , Ilham Aliyev awarded mining rights for six gold fields worth billions of dollars to a four-company consortium owned by his daughters through offshore companies. The contract did not follow normal bidding procedures, the identity of the consortium owners was unknown, and the consortium had no history of mining.

Over the course of several years, the consortium failed to make profits, as the secretive ownership structure inhibited the companies' ability to sell on the world market. The consortium unsuccessfully sought to sell itself to a private buyer. In , their father Ilham Aliyev ordered the state-owned company Azergold formed in to purchase the four-company consortium.

Arzu Aliyeva (Azerbaijani: Arzu İlham qızı Əliyeva, born 23 January ) is an Azerbaijani public figure who is the younger daughter of Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan.

In , Arzu Aliyeva participated in the shooting of a promotional video clip about Azerbaijan. This video clip was shown on CNN and Euronews. She works for the Heydar Aliyev Foundation , named after her grandfather and run by her mother Mehriban Aliyeva. In , she was reported to own six luxury apartments in London, United Kingdom.

She has been married to Samed Gurbanov since 3 September Samed Gurbanov was born and raised in Moscow , and is currently involved in family business.