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Safar Abiyev was born on 27 January, 1950 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR, is an Azerbaijani military officer. Discover Safar Abiyev's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 27 January 1950
Birthday 27 January
Birthplace Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Nationality Azerbaijan

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1950

Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oghlu Abiyev (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.

General Safar Abiyev was born in Baku.

He is an ethnic Lezgin.

1971

He graduated in 1971 from Baku's Higher Military College, and in 1982 from the Command Faculty of the Frunze Military Academy in Moscow, and has spent his entire professional life in the armed forces.

1993

Abiyev was appointed Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and acting Minister of Defense when Minister Dadash Rzayev was relieved of his duties on June 17, 1993.

He worked as acting Minister until August 1993 when Deputy Minister Vahid Musayev was assigned to lead the ministry but was soon sacked by Heydar Aliyev on August 25, 1993.

Abiyev continued to serve as the Chief of General Staff until November 2, 1993, when the post was taken by Najmaddin Sadigov.

1995

Abiyev was reinstated as Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan on February 6, 1995, replacing Mammadrafi Mammadov.

Abiyev was part of the State Commission for the funeral of Heydar Aliyev.

Upon the pardon of Ramil Safarov, Abiyev promoted Safarov to the rank of major provided him with an apartment and over eight years of back pay.

2000

Under his orders, the Training and Education Center of the Armed Forces was established in accordance with the protocol which was signed between Azerbaijan and the Turkish Armed Forces in 2000.

2008

He commanded the first parade in 16 years in 2008 to honor the 90th anniversary of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.

He went on to command two subsequent parades on Azadliq Square.

2010

According to materials published by Wikileaks in December 2010, Abiyev claimed that in January 2009 during his visit to Moscow his Russian defence minister Anatoliy Serdyukov had unofficially had admitted to Russian weapon transfers to Armenia, although it officially was denied.

2011

In November 2011, the United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus met with Abiyev and President Aliyev, afterwards he announced that the military ties between their countries would expand.

2012

In 2012, Abiyev, during a meeting in Tehran with Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi declared that "No threat will be made against Iran from Azerbaijan's territory and we will not help the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran under any circumstances."

2013

In early 2013, he came under criticism from demonstrators during the Baku protests, after Azerbaijani Army soldier Ceyhun Qubadov was found dead on 7 January.

It was first reported that the cause of death was heart attack, however Qubadov's family asked for an investigation as they believed it was a murder.

Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Fountains Square with slogans such as "Stop killing our soldiers" and "You must answer to us."

Immediately after the internal investigation, Abiyev was fired by the order of President Ilham Aliyev.

Later that year, his successor Zakir Hasanov visited the 2nd Army Corps, which was considered the Abiyev's "fortress".

During the visit, he announced changes in the leadership structures, including the promotion of about 50 officers who were neglected during Abiyev's tenure.

According to Abiyev's brother-in-law, a resident of the village of Pirvakhid (Quba), Ogtay Mammadov, the Abiyev has not been in contact with his relatives for a long time, and they have no information about his whereabouts.

This caused speculation over whether he was in exile, with many saying that he and his eldest son Ruslan live in Europe.

Later, a military expert revealed that Abiyev resides is in Baku and receives a pension of more than 3,000 manats.

2020

Abiyev penned an article after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, where he praised the role of Presidents Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, declared that tensions in relations between Azerbaijan and Russia were not beneficial and that "Armenians are one of the few nations in the world that had neither a real national history, nor a homeland, nor a land.

Abiyev has two sons: Ruslan and Roman.

His eldest son Ruslan Abiyev works in the tax service.

His youngest son Roman Abiyev is an employee of the prosecutor's office.