Tahir Yunis oghlu Aliyev ( az, Tahir Yunis oğlu Əliyev ) was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Republic and Chairman of State Customs Committee.

Career

Aliyev's first political appointment was with ''Defense Council of Azerbaijan Republic'' created on September 29, 1991 on orders of

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Ayaz Mutalibov Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov, russian: Аяз Ниязович Муталибов, Ayaz Niyazovich Mutalibov (12 May 1938 – 27 March 2022) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the first president of Azerbaijan. He was the last leader ...

in order to ensure security and defense of Azerbaijan. He was among 8 members of the council who were to assist in state security issues. On December 25, 1991 he was appointed Chief of Department of

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for

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region of

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. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of

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and appointed Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Republic on February 24, 1992 at the time of escalation of the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

and two days before the Khojaly Massacre. Tahir Aliyev replaced the interim minister,

Shahin Musayev Shahin Musayev Kheyreddin oglu ( az, Şahin Musayev Xeyrəddin oğlu) was the deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan, Chief of Staff, and ''Acting'' Minister within a few weeks in January – February (''unspecified''), 1992. Acting Minister o ...

who was

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at the time. Musayev had temporarily taken over the ministry once the previous Minister of Defense,

Tajeddin Mehdiyev Tajaddin Mehdiyev ( az, Tacəddin Mehdiyev) was the Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan and is the Chairman of Committee for Protection of Rights of Officers in Azerbaijan. Military career He graduated from the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command Sc ...

was sacked on February 17, 1992 for his inability to hold the front and avoid capture of strategic villages

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, Malibeyli and Gushchular and Garadaghly in Karabakh. On March 16, 1992, Aliyev was removed from the post of Defense Minister by ''

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, Yagub Mammadov and appointed the Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan on March 17, 1992. He remained in the position until April 25, 1992. After

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Aze ...

assumed the interim presidential responsibilities as the

Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan The Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikası Milli Məclisinin Spikeri), also called Chairman of the National Assembly ( az, Milli Məclisinin Sədri) is the Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament. The cur ...

in June 1993, Tahir Aliyev was appointed Chairman of State Customs Committee on July 28, 1993. Due to excessive corruption practices and illegal deals conducted by Tahir Aliyev, he was dishonorably relieved of his duties and sacked by President Heydar Aliyev on January 9, 1995.

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