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Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oglu Abiyev was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2013. He was considered one of the longest serving defense ministers in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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Abdulhamid Bey Sharif Bey oglu Gaytabashi was the last Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic before its occupation by the Red Army in April 1920.

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Major General Nuraddin Sadigov Sadig oglu also known as Nuraddin Sadikhov, was the Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Republic and National Advisor on Military Issues.

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Najmeddin Huseyn oglu Sadikov is an Azerbaijani Colonel General who serves as the incumbent Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan. He was appointed to both positions on November 2, 1993 by President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev.

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Habib bey Haji Yusif oglu Salimov was the first Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

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Maciej Sulkiewicz was a lieutenant general of the Russian Empire, Prime Minister of Crimea (1918), and Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces in 1918–20.

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Vice Admiral Shahin Sultanov was the Commander of the Azerbaijani Naval Forces from 1999 to 2017.