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Formed
  
October 9, 1991

General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces

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; Deputy Minister of Defense

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.

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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.

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (June 26, 1918 - April 28, 1920)

  • Habib Bey Salimov, August 1, 1918 - March 26, 1919
  • Mammad Bey Shulkevich, March 26, 1919 - December, 1919
  • Abdulhamid Bey Gaytabashi, December, 1919 - April 28, 1920

    • Azerbaijan Republic (October 9, 1991- )

  • General Major Shahin Musayev, September 1991 (officially from January 22, 1992) - May 1992
  • Colonel Rufat Amirov (acting)
  • Lieutenant General Valeh Barshadly, May 1992 - September 4, 1992
  • General Major Nuraddin Sadigov, September 4, 1992 - June 17, 1993
  • Colonel General Safar Abiyev (acting), June 17, 1993 - November 2, 1993
  • Colonel General Najmaddin Sadigov, November 2, 1993 - present.

    • List of National Advisors on Military Issues to the President of Azerbaijan

  • Brigadier General Yashar Demirbulaq, Turkish Air Force
  • General Major Nuraddin Sadigov
  • Colonel General Tofig Aghahuseynov
  • Lieutenant General Vahid Aliyev

    • List of Chiefs of Azerbaijani Navy

  • Rafig Asgarov, Captain, 1st rank
  • Fuad Yusifov, Captain, 1st rank
  • Vice Admiral Shahin Sultanov

    • List of Chiefs of Azerbaijani Air Force

  • Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev, 1993 - February 11, 2009
  • General Major Altay Mehdiyev, May 12, 2009 - present

    • References

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