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Commander of the Navy
Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələrinin Komandanı
Naval Flag of Azerbaijan
Naval Flag of Azerbaijan
Incumbent
Subhan Bekirov [az]
since 29 June 2020
Ministry of Defence
Member of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Reports to Chief of the General Staff
Formation 1991
First holder Rafig Asgarov
Deputy Deputy commander of the Navy

The Commander of the Azerbaijani Navy (Azerbaijani language: Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələrinin Komandanı) is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Azerbaijani Navy, and is under the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defence. The current Commander of the Navy is Rear Admiral Subhan Bekirov [az].

List of commanders[]

Commander of the Navy Took office Left office Time in office Ref
1Asgarov, RafigCounter admiral Rafig Asgarov
(born 1949)
199119931–2 years
2Yusifov, FuadCaptain 1st class Fuad Yusifov199319995–6 years
3Sultanov, ShahinVice admiral Shahin Sultanov
(born 1959)
199911 March 201414–15 years[1]
Mammadov, YunusCaptain 1st Rank Yunus Mammadov [az] (Acting)11 March 201431 March 201420 days[1][2]
Mammadov, ShahinCaptain 2nd Rank Shahin Mammadov [az]15 May 201411 April 20161 year, 332 days[3][4]
Rustamzade, HijranCaptain 1st Rank Hijran Rustamzade [az] (Acting)
(born 1960)
11 April 201625 January 2017289 days[5][6]
[7]
4
Zaur Gumbetov [az]
Gumbetov, ZaurCaptain 1st Class Zaur Gumbetov [az]
(born 1959)
25 January 201729 June 20203 years, 156 days[6][8]
5Bekirov, SubhanRear admiral Subhan Bekirov [az]
(born 1964)
29 June 2020Incumbent4 years, 224 days[8][9]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Azerbaijani navy commander dismissed". trend.az. Baku, Azerbaijan. 11 March 2014. https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/2251624.html. 
  2. "Arrested another former senior official of the Ministry of Defense". Security Assistance Monitor. 28 April 2014. https://securityassistance.org/content/arrested-another-former-senior-official-ministry-defense. 
  3. "Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Navy is announced". times.am. 16 May 2014. https://times.am/?p=42045&l=en. 
  4. "Минобороны: новый и.о. командующего ВМС назначен в Азербайджане" (in ru). ria.ru. 31 March 2014. https://ria.ru/20140331/1001748165.html. 
  5. "Новый и.о. командующего ВМФ Азербайджана" (in ru). haqqin.az. 11 April 2016. https://haqqin.az/news/67818. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Zaur Humbatov appointed Commander of Azerbaijani Naval Forces - PHOTO". report.az. 25 January 2017. https://report.az/en/military/zaur-humbatov-appointed-commander-of-azerbaijani-naval-forces-photo/. 
  7. "Azerbaijani Navy commander sent into retirement". kaspi.az/. 25 January 2017. http://kaspi.az/en/azerbaijani-navy-commander-sent-into-retirement/. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Назначен новый командующий ВМС Азербайджана" (in ru). axar.az. 29 June 2020. https://ru.axar.az/news/politika/480322.html. 
  9. "Назначен командующий ВМС Азербайджана" (in ru). armiya.az. 29 June 2020. http://armiya.az/ru/news/159598. 


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