Safar Abiyev

Safar Abiyev
Safar Abiyev
Səfər Əbiyev
	Abiyev in 2004
Minister of Defense
	In office; 6 February 1995 – 28 October 2013
President	Heydar Aliyev; Ilham Aliyev
Preceded by	Mammadrafi Mammadov
Succeeded by	Zakir Hasanov
	In office; June 17, 1993 – 20 August 1993; Acting
Preceded by	Dadash Rzayev
Succeeded by	Vahid Musayev Acting
Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
	In office; June 17, 1993 – November 2, 1993; Acting
President	Abulfaz Elchibey
Preceded by	Nuraddin Sadigov
Succeeded by	Najmaddin Sadigov
Personal details
Born	January 27, 1950 (age 74); Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Military service
Branch/service	Soviet Army; Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Years of service	1968—1991; 1995—2013
Rank	Colonel General

Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oghlu Abiyev (Azerbaijani: Səfər Axundbala oğlu Əbiyev; born January 27, 1950) 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.^[2]

^ "D. Q. Rzayev və S. A. Əbiyev haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI PREZİDENTİNİN FƏRMANI" [Order of President of Azerbaijan on D.Q. Rzayev and S.A. Abiyev]. Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
^ "Azerbaijan's Unsinkable General". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2022.