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Heydar Aliyev was an Azerbaijani politician. From 1969 to 1982, he was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. In 1992, Abulfaz Elchibey was elected president, becoming the country's first non-communist leader. However, after a coup d'état the following year, Elchibey was overthrown. Aliyev, founder and then-leader of the New Azerbaijan Party, took position as acting president, and months later he was officially elected as president of Azerbaijan. Aliyev was re-elected in 1998 and died in 2003.Although Heydarism became significant for the national politics and Azeri society, Aliyev has been criticized internationally, being described as an "iron fist" leader, "dictator", and "authoritarian".In December 1991, Mexico recognized the independence of Azerbaijan after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and diplomatic relations were established the following month. In 2009, Azerbaijan established diplomatic missions on Mexican soil. In 2011, the Mexican Senate recognized the 1992 Khojaly massacre, where ethnic Azerbaijani civilians were killed in Khojaly, in the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh, by Armenian forces.
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