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Zakir Hasanov
Defence Minister of Azerbaijan
Zakir Asger oghlu Hasanov (Azerbaijani: Zakir Əsgər oğlu Həsənov; born 6 June 1959)[1] is an Azerbaijanipolitician and colonel general who has been the Minister of Defence of Azerbaijan since 2013.
Early life and education
He was born on 6 June 1959 in the Astara District.
Biography.
He graduated from the Baku High Army Commanders School in 1980 as an artillery officer before serving for five years in the Soviet Armed Forces Units in East Germany. Afterwards, he spent the next eight years at the Altay military registration and enlistment office of the Siberian Military District as part of the Ministry of Defence of the USSR.
Political career
Following the fall of the Soviet Union, he served for a decade in the Border Troops of the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan. He was then promoted to the chief of office of international relations of the State Border Service before being appointed Deputy Minister of Interi