Major General Nuraddin Sadigov Sadig oglu also known as Nuraddin Sadikhov, was the Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces, Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan Republic

Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)

The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan is the Azerbaijani government ministry, associated with the Azerbaijani military. The ministry is responsible for keeping Azerbaijan defended against external threats, preserving its territorial integrity, waging war on behalf of Azerbaijan , and the...

 and National Advisor on Military Issues.

Early life

Sadigov was born in Julfa Rayon, Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan Republic. He graduated from Schors

Nikolay Shchors

Nikolay Aleksandrovich Shchors was a Red Army commander, member of the Russian Communist Party, renowned for his personal courage during the Russian Civil War and sometimes being called the Ukrainian Chapayev. In 1918-1919 he fought against the new established Ukrainian government in Kyiv...

 Lviv

Lviv

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 Military Lyceum and Frunze Military Academy. Starting from December 1991, he served in Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Azerbaijani Armed Forces

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.

Career

On September 4, 1992 President of Azerbaijan

President of Azerbaijan

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 Abulfaz Elchibey appointed Sadigov Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces and promoted him to Major General

Major General

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. He served in the position until June 17, 1993 when Deputy Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev

Safar Abiyev

Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oglu Abiyev is the current Defense Minister of Azerbaijan, considered as one of the longest serving defense minister in the Commonwealth of Independent States.-Biography:General Safar Abiyev was born in Baku...

 assumed the responsibilities of the minister and was appointed the Chief of Staff.
On February 3, 1999 President Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Aliyev

Heydar Alirza oglu Aliyev , also spelled as Heidar Aliev, Geidar Aliev, Haydar Aliyev, Geydar Aliyev was the third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from June 1993 to October 2003, when his son Ilham Aliyev succeeded him.From 1969 till 1982, Aliyev was also the leader of Soviet...

 relieved Sadigov from his duties of National Advisor on Military Issues.
Sadigov is creditted with having led several successful operations from Kalbajar and Qubadli in the direction of Lachin

Lachin

Lachin is a town in Azerbaijan and the regional center of the Lachin Rayon. Since 1992 the area has been under the control of the de facto independent unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which has renamed the town Berdzor . The town and its surrounding region serve as the strategic Lachin...

 in September and October of 1992 during Nagorno-Karabakh War

Nagorno-Karabakh War

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. In 2007, Sadigov resigned from the military due to his age. He died on December 22, 2009.
A school in Alakol

Alakol, Azerbaijan

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 village in Tovuz Rayon was named after Sadigov.

See also

• Azerbaijani Army
• Ministers of Defense of Azerbaijan Republic
  Minister of Defense (Azerbaijan)
  The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan is the Azerbaijani government ministry, associated with the Azerbaijani military. The ministry is responsible for keeping Azerbaijan defended against external threats, preserving its territorial integrity, waging war on behalf of Azerbaijan , and the...
  
  
• Safar Abiyev
  Safar Abiyev
  Colonel General Safar Akhundbala oglu Abiyev is the current Defense Minister of Azerbaijan, considered as one of the longest serving defense minister in the Commonwealth of Independent States.-Biography:General Safar Abiyev was born in Baku...