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The Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Respublikasının Müdafiə Nazirliyi) 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 (for example the current Azerbaijani contribution to the War on Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq), and the surveillance of the Azerbaijani sector of Caspian Sea sea and airspace. The Minister of Defense is appointed and removed from the post by the Commander-in-chief of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, President of Azerbaijan.
The current Defense Minister is Safar Abiyev.
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Ministers of Defense of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
# Name Photo Term in office Party affiliation 1 Khosrov bey Sultanov 
May 27, 1918 — June 11, 1918[1] Ittihad 2 Fatali Khan Khoyski 
November 7, 1918 — December 25, 1918 No Party Affiliation 3 Samad bey Mehmandarov 
December 25, 1918 — April 28, 1920 No Party Affiliation Heads of Military Department of Azerbaijan SSR
People's Commissars for Military and Naval Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR
(the list is incomplete)
# Name Photo Term in office Party affiliation 1 Chingiz Ildyrym 
April 28, 1920 — June 1920 Communist Party 2 Aliheydar Garayev June 1920 Azerbaijan Republic
# Name[2][3] Photo Term in office Party affiliation 1 Valeh Barshadly September 5, 1991 — December 11, 1991[4][5] 2 Tajeddin Mehdiyev December 11, 1991 — January (officially Feb. 17) 1992[6] Acting Shahin Musayev February 17, 1992 — February 24, 1992 3 Tahir Aliyev February 24, 1992[7] — March 16, 1992[8] 4 Rahim Gaziyev March 17, 1992[9] — February 20, 1993[10] Popular Front of Azerbaijan 5 Dadash Rzayev February 20, 1993 — June 17, 1993 Acting Safar Abiyev 
June 17, 1993[11] — August 1993 New Azerbaijan Party Acting Vahid Musayev August 1993 — August 25, 1993[12] 6 Mammadrafi Mammadov September 2, 1993[13] — February 6, 1995[14] 7 Safar Abiyev from February 6, 1995[15] New Azerbaijan Party See also
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