Description: (2nd President of Azerbaijan (1992 - 1993))
Abulfaz Elchibey was an Azerbaijani politician who became the first democratically elected President of post-Soviet Azerbaijan. He led the Azerbaijani Popular Front, played a crucial role in achieving Azerbaijan's independence, and worked to dismantle the old communist system. His presidency focused on democratic reforms and reorienting Azerbaijan's foreign policy towards the West. Despite challenges such as the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict and economic issues, his tenure was a brief period of democracy in Azerbaijan's post-Soviet history.