Rovshan Aliyev ( az, Rövşən Əliyev; born 1955 in Agstafa,

Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

, USSR – 13 March 2002 in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

, Azerbaijan) was an

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and deputy chief of Prosecutor's Office Grave Crimes Investigation Department. From his office in the Palace of Justice in

, Azerbaijan, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the

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Biography

After graduating from Azerbaijan State University Law and Justice in 1972, and worked as prosecutor in Baku's Nasimi district in 1977. He was Azerbaijan's first military prosecutor and played vital role in establishment of this role in the country. In 2005, Haji Mammadov was arrested during operation ''Black Belt'' and convicted of murdering Aliyev.

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