Samir Eldar oglu Safarov (; 2 January 1979) is an Azerbaijani military officer,

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serving in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. He fought in the

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and

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Early life

Samir Eldar oglu Safarov was born on 2 January 1979, in

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, Barda District of the

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, then Soviet Union. He entered Yeni Daşkənd secondary school in 1985, and graduated from it in 1995. Safarov was admitted to the Baku Higher Naval Academy in 1996. He graduated from it on 24 June 2000, with a degree in socio-political psychology. When Safarov graduated from the academy, he was also awarded with the rank of lieutenant.

Military service

Samir Safarov was sent to military unit N situated in Gadabay to continue his service by the order of the Azerbaijani Minister of Defense. He began working as an instructor in the educational department of the same military unit. In 2001, Safarov served as a motorized infantry platoon commander in military unit N situated in Lankaran, and from 2002 to 2003 as an instructor in the same military unit. From 2003 to 2006, he was the deputy commander of the motorized rifle battalion in the military unit N situated in Fuzuli for educational work. Safarov began his service in

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in 2006. Until 2007 he served in the military unit N situated in Ganja as a deputy commander of the motorized infantry battalion for educational work, and until 2011 as a deputy head of the personnel department. From 2011, he served as the deputy chief of personnel unit of the military unit N situated in Goranboy, and as the deputy chief of staff unit of the same military unit from 2014. From 2015 to 2017, Safarov served as deputy commander of personnel unit N situated in

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. During the

, he was a deputy commander of the military unit N situated in Tartar. During the clashes, he fought alongside Polad Hashimov, took part in the clashes near the Ohanyan defense line and the capture of the heights around Talış. From 2017 to 2018, he served as deputy commander of personnel unit N situated in Aghjabadi. Safarov was released from active military service by the order of the Azerbaijani minister of defense in 2018. Safarov, despite being discharged from the armed forces in 2018, voluntarily appealed to the military commissariat on 27 September to serve on the frontline during the

. In early October 2020, he began to serve as an officer, and took part in the

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and Lachin offensive. He was then transferred to Shusha, and fought during the three-day battle over the city's control.

References

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