Karim Valiyev | |
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Kərim Vəliyev | |
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| Chief of the General Staff | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2021 | |
| President | Ilham Aliyev |
| Preceded by | Najmeddin Sadikov |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1961 Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union |
| Awards | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Azerbaijani Armed Forces |
| Branch/service |  Azerbaijani Land Forces |
| Rank |  Colonel General |
| Battles/wars | |
Karim Tofig oghlu Valiyev (Azerbaijani: Kərim Tofiq oğlu Vəliyev; born 9 February 1961) is an Azerbaijani military officer, serving as the colonel general in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. He is the Chief of the General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the First Deputy Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan. He had served as the head of the Main Department for Personnel of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan on 23 July 2021. Valiyev had taken part in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.