Vahid Abdulla oghlu Musayev ( az, Vahid Abdulla oğlu Musayev) (died January 8, 1999) was the deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan and ''

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'' Minister within the month of August 1993.

Life

Musayev was born on November 15, 1947 in Baku. In 1955, he went to secondary school No. 176, and in 1966 he graduated from that school with honors from

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. In 1971, he began military service in

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as an officer. He studied at a Soviet military academy in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

from 1978-1981, and after graduating based himself out of

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. From 1984–1986, he served overseas in

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Upon returning in 1986, he based himself in

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and then

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, both in

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. In 1990, he was elected a deputy from the latter region.

Political career

Musayev was Deputy Minister of Defense and was assigned by the

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and ''

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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 ...

to lead the ministry until the new minister was appointed. Due to numerous mistakes during the operation to stabilize the situation in southern Azerbaijani regions of Lankoran, Astara, Masalli, Lerik, Yardimli, Jalilabad and Bilasuvar raions in August 1993 which led to civilian injuries, he was first demoted from the rank of

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and then sacked as Deputy Minister of Defense on August 25, 1993.

Generals' plot

Vahid Musayev is well known as one of the masterminds of the so-called ''Generals' Plot'' to overthrow the government of

. General Vahid Musayev, general Rafig Agayev, general Shahin Musayev, Murad Sadaddinov and Faig Bakhishaliyev (former members of ''Special Purpose Police Unit (OPON)'') and a few other colonels were arrested in August 1995 on charges of organizing

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by planning to shoot the presidential airplane down in a premeditated rocket attack in May 1995. Vahid Musayev was sentenced to 15 years and jailed at Gobustan correctional institution.

Revolt

On the night of January 7–8, 1999 Vahid Musayev along with Faig Bakhishaliyev and imprisoned members of ''OPON'' organized a

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managing to capture weapons, and taking other prisoners and guards hostage. The standoff between government forces and the rebels continued until late hours of January 8 as the rebels held 28 prison guards hostage. As a result, rebels including Vahid Musayev and several other main organizers were killed during the shootout between the rebels and Azerbaijani special anti-terror forces detachments, after all negotiations failed. Two servicemen were killed and twenty five were injured.

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Life

Political career

Generals' plot

Revolt

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