Karim Valiyev

Karim Valiyev
Kərim Vəliyev
Chief of the General Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 July 2021
President	Ilham Aliyev
Preceded by	Najmeddin Sadikov
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-09) 9 February 1961 (age 63) Baku, Azerbaijani SSR, Soviet Union
Awards	Zafar Order Azerbaijani Flag Order For service to the Fatherland Order
Military service
Allegiance	Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Branch/service	Azerbaijani Land Forces
Rank	Colonel General
Battles/wars	Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

Karim Tofig oghlu Valiyev (Azerbaijani: Kərim Tofiq oğlu Vəliyev; born 9 February 1961) is an Azerbaijani military officer, serving as the colonel general in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. He is the Chief of the General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the First Deputy Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan. He had served as the head of the Main Department for Personnel of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan on 23 July 2021. Valiyev had taken part in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.