Name Ismat Gayibov | ||
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Died November 20, 1991, Karakend, Azerbaijan Similar People Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Tofig Guliyev, Fikret Amirov, Bulbul, Shovkat Alakbarova | ||
Ismat Ismayil oglu Gayibov (Azerbaijani: Ismət Qayıbov Ismail oğlu) (born in 1942 in Ganja, Azerbaijan) was the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan.
He was killed in a helicopter which was shot down by Armenian forces near the Karakend village of Khojavend district in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. There were no survivors of the crash. However, Gayibov's body was not found at the site of the crash. It was alleged that he was taken hostage by Armenians and went missing.
Gayibov's official burial was done at the Avenue of the Honored Ones Cemetery in Baku. A stadium in Baku, an oil tanker, many schools and streets were named after him.
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