Karam Mustafayev
Azerbaijani military officer
Karam Nariman oglu Mustafayev (Azerbaijani: Kərəm Nəriman oğlu Mustafayev; born 1962) is an Azerbaijani military officer, colonel general serving as the deputy minister of defence of Azerbaijan and the commander of the Nakhchivan Garrison of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.
Early life
Karam Nariman oglu Mustafayev was born on 1 July 1962, in Sharur District of the Nakhchivan ASSR within the Azerbaijani SSR, which was then part of the Soviet Union. He graduated from the Baku Higher Combined Arms Command School in 1983, Nakhchivan State University in 2002, and the War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in 2006.
Military career
Karam Mustafayev started his military service in 1983. Until 1992, he served as a platoon commander, division commander and battalion commander in the Soviet Armed Forces.
Mustafayev played a special role in organizing the defence of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic against the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Starting from 1992, he served as a battalion commander in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, the deputy chief of staff-brigade commander of the Special Reinforced Motorized Rifle Brigade, the commander of the Special Reinforced Motorized Rifle Brigade, the commander of the Motorized Rifle Division, and the commander of the 5th Army Corps. Mustafayev was appointed the deputy minister of defence of Azerbaijan on 21 December 2013, by the decree of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. He was appointed the commander of the Nakhchivan Garrison on 14 May 2014, by the decree of the President Aliyev.
In 2010s, Mustafayev worked on to create new military units in Nakhchivan and modernise the infrastructure in existing military units.
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