Azerbaijan's First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva celebrates her birthday

Today is the birthday of the First Vice President of Azerbaijan, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva.

Caliber.Az recalls that Mehriban Aliyeva was born on August 26, 1964, in Baku into a family of intellectuals.

In 1981, after graduating with a gold medal from secondary school No 23 in Baku, Mehriban Aliyeva entered the Nariman Narimanov Azerbaijani State Medical Institute.

In 1988, she graduated with honors from the Sechenov Moscow State Medical Institute.

In 1988-1990, she passed clinical residency in the Eye Diseases department at the First Moscow State Medical Institute named after I. M. Sechenov. In 1990-1995, she worked at the Eye Diseases Research Institute in Moscow under the leadership of Academician Krasnov.

In 1996, Mehriban Aliyeva founded the magazine "Azerbaijan - Irs", published in three languages (Azerbaijani, Russian, and English), for the wider promotion of Azerbaijani culture.

On October 7, 2002, she was elected president of the Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation. That same year, 4 gymnastics disciplines were included in the AGF's activity, while 9 gymnastics disciplines are being developed in Azerbaijan today. Azerbaijani gymnasts participated in the Olympic Games and became the medallists of the World and European Championships. The National Gymnastics Arena has been at the disposal of Azerbaijani gymnasts for training and hosting competitions since 2014.