Hikmat Mirzayev | |
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.jpg) Hikmat Mirzayev at the Baku Victory Parade of 2020 | |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| Assumed office 11 January 2024 | |
| Minister | Zakir Hasanov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 February 1968 Bilasuvar, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union |
| Awards | |
| Nickname | The Conqueror of Shusha (Şuşa Fatehi) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Azerbaijani Armed Forces |
| Rank | Colonel general |
| Commands | Azerbaijani Land Forces |
| Battles/wars | |
Hikmat Izzat oghlu Mirzayev (Azerbaijani: Hikmət İzzət oğlu Mirzəyev; born 29 February 1968) is an Azerbaijani military officer who serves as Deputy Minister of Defense and commander of the Azerbaijani Land Forces since 2024. He is a colonel general of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the former commander of the Special Forces from 2014 to 2024, and participated in the 2016 Nagorno–Karabakh clashes and the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, during which he led Azerbaijani forces in the 2020 battle of Shusha. He received the title of the Hero of the Patriotic War.