Safar Abiyev

Safar Abiyev
Səfər Əbiyev
Abiyev in 2004
Minister of Defense
In office
6 February 1995 – 28 October 2013
PresidentHeydar Aliyev
Ilham Aliyev
Preceded byMammadrafi Mammadov
Succeeded byZakir Hasanov
In office
June 17, 1993 – 20 August 1993
Acting
Preceded byDadash Rzayev
Succeeded byVahid Musayev Acting
Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
In office
June 17, 1993[1] – November 2, 1993
Acting
PresidentAbulfaz Elchibey
Preceded byNuraddin Sadigov
Succeeded byNajmaddin Sadigov
Personal details
Born (1950-01-27) January 27, 1950 (age 74)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Military service
Branch/service Soviet Army
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Years of service1968—1991
1995—2013
RankColonel General

Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oghlu Abiyev (Azerbaijani: Səfər Axundbala oğlu Əbiyev; born January 27, 1950) was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2013. He was considered one of the longest serving defense ministers in the Commonwealth of Independent States.[2]

  1. ^ "D. Q. Rzayev və S. A. Əbiyev haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI" [Order of President of Azerbaijan on D.Q. Rzayev and S.A. Abiyev]. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  2. ^ "Azerbaijan's Unsinkable General". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2022.