2024-10-09 00:43:19
As reported, by the corresponding order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Lieutenant General Namig Islamzade was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense – Commander of the Air Force.
Day.Az presents N. Islamzade’s dossier.
Namig Islamzade was born on May 7, 1974 in the village of Yeni, Dashkent, Barda region. He received his secondary education in 1981-1988 at school No. 76 in the Hovsan village of Baku, and continued his education in 1988-1991 at the military lyceum named after J. Nakhchivansky. In 1991 he entered the Minsk Higher Military-Political Combined Arms School and studied there until April 1992. After the collapse of the USSR, he returned to Azerbaijan and until September 1992 studied at the Baku Higher United Command School.
In September 1992, he was sent to continue his studies at the Higher Military Aviation School of the Turkish Republic, from which he graduated in 1996 as a pilot. Since 2016, N. Islamzadeh served in the N-military unit of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, located in the Kurdamir region. In 2019-2021, he was Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijan Air Force for Aviation – Chief of Aviation, and in September 2021 was appointed to the post of Deputy Commander of the Air Force – Air Combat Commander.
In 2005, he was awarded the medal “For Military Merit”, in 2008 – the Order of the Azerbaijan Banner, in 2020 – the medal “For the Motherland”, in 2020 Islamzade Namigu Sarafruz oglu was awarded the title “Hero of the Patriotic War”.
On December 25, 2020, for personal valor and courage demonstrated during participation in military operations for the liberation of the Fuzuli region of the Republic of Azerbaijan from occupation, he was awarded the medal “For the Liberation of Fuzuli.”
On December 25, 2020, a serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel Islamzade Namig Sarafruz oglu, was awarded the medal “For the Liberation of Khojavend” for personal valor and courage demonstrated while participating in military operations for the liberation of the Khojavend region of the Republic of Azerbaijan from occupation.
According to the order of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated December 7, 2020, Colonel N. Islamzadeh was awarded the highest military rank of major general.
By order of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev dated February 2, 2024, he was awarded the anniversary medal “100 years of Heydar Aliyev (1923-2023).”
On June 25, 2024, by order of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Major General Namigu Sarafruz oglu Islamzade was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.