Baylar Eyyubov Bəylər Eyyubov | |
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Chief of the Security Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan | |
In office March 16, 2020 – present | |
First Deputy Chief of the Special State Protection Service of Azerbaijan | |
In office June 2, 2003 – March 16, 2020 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Shirazly, Vedi District, Armenian SSR, USSR | March 11, 1951
Citizenship | Azerbaijan |
Nationality | Azerbaijani |
Civilian awards | |
Military service | |
Rank | colonel general[1] |
Military awards | |
Baylar Hasan oghlu Eyyubov (Azerbaijani: Bəylər Həsən oğlu Eyyubov, born March 11, 1951) is a Colonel-General, the Chief of the Security Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. First Deputy Chief of the Special State Protection Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2003-2020). He has been described as an influential actor in Azerbaijani politics due to his close relationship to Azerbaijan's authoritarian leader Ilham Aliyev.[2]
During his two decades as head of security for Ilham Aliyev, Eyyubov has enriched himself considerably.[2] Even though his only known source of wealth is a modest government salary for the last thirty years, his family has spent at least $160 million through secretive offshore companies on real estate in the United Kingdom and Dubai.[2]