General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Republic (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələri Baş Qərargahı) is the military staff of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. It is the central organ of the Armed Forces Administration and oversees operational management of the armed forces under the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan Republic.

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Republic

Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələri Baş Qərargahı
Agency overview
Formed	October 9, 1991
Jurisdiction	Azerbaijani Land Forces Azerbaijani Air Force Azerbaijani Navy
Headquarters	Baku, Azerbaijan Republic
Agency executive	Najmaddin Sadigov, Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces – First Deputy Minister of Defense

The Chief of the General Staff is appointed by the President of Azerbaijan, who is the supreme commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The current Chief of the General Staff is Colonel General Najmaddin Sadigov.[1]

List of Chiefs of the General Staff

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918−1920)

No.		Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
1		General Major Habib Bey Salimov (1881–1920)	1 August 1918	26 March 1919	237 days	.
2		General Major Mammad Bey Shulkevich (1865–1920)	26 March 1919	10 December 1919	259 days	.
3		General Major Abdulhamid Bey Gaytabashi (1848–1920)	10 December 1919	28 April 1920	140 days	[2][3]

For period from 1920 to 1992, see Chief of the General Staff of the Soviet Union.

Azerbaijan Republic (1991−present)

No.		Chief of the General Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
1		General Major Shahin Musayev	22 January 1992	May 1992	3 months	[4][5]
-		Colonel Rufat Amirov Acting	May 1992	May 1992	0 months	.
2		Lieutenant General Valeh Barshadly (1927–1999)	May 1992	4 September 1992	4 months	[6][7][8]
3		Lieutenant General Nuraddin Sadigov (1935–2009)	4 September 1992	17 June 1993	286 days	[9]
-		Colonel General Safar Abiyev (born 1950) Acting	17 June 1993	2 November 1993	138 days	[10]
4		Colonel General Najmaddin Sadigov (born 1956)	2 November 1993	Incumbent	27 years, 89 days	[1]

Members of the General Staff

• Chief of the General Staff (head)
• Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Chief of the Main Operational Department
• Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Chief of the Department of Ideological Work and Moral and Psychological Support
• National Advisor on Military Issues to the President of Azerbaijan
• Commander of the Azerbaijani Land Forces
• Commander of the Azerbaijani Navy
• Commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force

List of National Advisors on Military Issues

• Colonel General Tofig Aghahuseynov[11]
• Lieutenant General Vahid Aliyev

List of Chiefs of the Azerbaijani Navy

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Azerbaijani Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
1		Counter Admiral Rafig Asgarov (born 1949)	1991	1993	1–2 years	–
2		Captain 1st class Fuad Yusifov	1993	1999	5–6 years	–
3		Vice admiral Shahin Sultanov (born 1959)	1999	11 March 2014	14–15 years	–
–		Captain 1st Rank Yunus Mammadov Acting	11 March 2014	31 March 2014	0 years	[12][13]
–		Captain 2nd Rank Shahin Mammadov	15 May 2014	11 April 2016	1–2 years	[14][15]
–		Captain 1st Rank Hijran Rustamzade (born 1960) Acting	11 April 2016	25 January 2017	2 years	[16][17][18][19]
4		Captain 1st Class Zaur Gumbetov (born 1959)	25 January 2017	29 June 2020	3 years, 156 days	–
5		Rear Admiral Subhan Bekirov (born 1959)	29 June 2020	Incumbent	215 days	[20][21]

List of Chiefs of Azerbaijani Air Force

No.		Chief of the Azerbaijani Air Force	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
1		Lieutenant general Rail Rzayev (1945–2009)	1993	11 February 2009 †	15–16 years	.
2		Major general Altay Mehdiyev	12 May 2009	18 November 2013	4 years, 190 days	[22]
3		Lieutenant general Ramiz Tahirov	14 May 2014	Incumbent	6 years, 261 days	[23]

See also

• Military history of Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijani Navy
• Azerbaijani Air Forces

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