Ali Naghiyev

Ali Naghiyev
Əli Nağıyev
2nd Chief of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Assumed office
20 June 2019
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byMadat Guliyev
Deputy Minister of National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan
In office
16 March 2005 – 11 April 2011
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Personal details
Born (1958-11-08) 8 November 1958 (age 66)
Babek Rayon, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Military service
RankColonel general

Ali Naghi oglu Naghiyev (Azerbaijani: Əli Nağı oğlu Nağıyev; born 8 November 1958) is an Azerbaijani Colonel general, Head of the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the State Commission on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons, Deputy Minister of the National Security of the Republic of Azerbaijan 3 (2005-2011).

In 2017, investigative reporting revealed that Naghiyev and his family were beneficiaries of the Azerbaijan Laundromat, which was a money-laundering scheme and slush fund for Azerbaijan's elites.[1][2] At the time, Naghiyev was deputy chief of the Anti-Corruption General Directorate.[1]

  1. ^ a b Avshar, Pavla Holcova, Khadija Ismayilova, Leyla (2017). "The Corruption Fighter's Hidden Empire". OCCRP.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Project, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting (2023). "The Azerbaijani Laundromat". OCCRP.