2008 in Azerbaijan

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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Incumbents

• President: Ilham Aliyev
• Prime Minister: Artur Rasizade
• Speaker: Ogtay Asadov

Events

January

February

March

April

• April 12 - Baku hosted the 1st Qualifying Tournament in Women's field hockey Qualifyings for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

May

• May 24 – Azerbaijani duet Elnur Hüseynov and Samir Javadzadeh finishes 8th at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

June

• June 26 - The Azerbaijani Armed Forces celebrates its 90th anniversary.^[1]

July

August

• August 9 - The 17th season of Azerbaijan Premier League has started.

September

• September 17 - The Premiliary Round of Azerbaijan Cup 2008–09 has started.

October

• October 15 - Presidential election took place with Ilham Aliyev being re-elected.^[2]

November

December

Sport

• 8 August to 24 August – Azerbaijan competes in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The Azerbaijani Olympic team wins 14 gold medals, coming 6th on the medal tally.

Deaths

• March 5 – Hajibey Sultanov, Azerbaijani astronomer (born 1921)
• October 25 – Muslim Magomayev, Azerbaijani singer (born 1942)

References