War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces

The Military Academy of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələrinin Hərbi Akademiyası, Russian: Военная Академия Вооруженных сил Азербайджанской Республики) translated into English as the War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces is an academic institution of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. It is seniormost military academy of its kind in the military of Azerbaijan, training senior military officers and personnel to develop their military professions and their leadership skills. The War College was established by decree of President Heydar Aliyev on February 20, 1999, in order to provide an effective training courses for post-secondary military education. Students at the War College receive a two-year education which focuses on command positions and tactical or operational levels.^[3][4] Lieutenant General Heydar Piriyev is one of the more recent and notable graduates of the war college and the current rector of the college.

War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces

Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələrinin Hərbi Akademiyası
Flag of the armed forces
Type	Military Academy War college
Established	1999
Rector	Heydar Piriyev[1][2]
Location	Baku , Azerbaijan
Affiliations	AAFWC

Courses

• Military diplomacy
• Military economics
• Military politics
• Foreign languages
  • English^[5]
  • German
  • French
  • Persian
  • Armenian
  • Russian

Chiefs

• Major General Najaf Gambarov (-18 November 2013)^[6]
• Major General Altay Mehdiyev (18 November 2013-June 2014)^[7]
• Lieutenant General Heydar Piriyev (since June 2014)^[8]

Alumni

• Lieutenant General Karim Valiyev (class of 2006), Chief of Main Department for Personnel^[9]
• Colonel Ilgar Mirzayev (class of 1995), an artillery chief serving in the 3rd Army Corps until his death during the July 2020 Armenian–Azerbaijani clashes.^[10]

See also

• Vazgen Sargsyan Military University
• National Defense Academy (Georgia)
• List of universities in Azerbaijan

References

1. "General-leytenant Heydər Piriyev (1959)". Zim.az.
2. "Chief of Military Academy: Today Azerbaijani Army experiences brightest period of its development". Report News Agency. 21 June 2020.
3. "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN". Mod.gov.az.
4. "Archived copy". azerbaijan.az. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "A regular students graduation from Intensive English Language Courses was held in the War College". Mod.gov.az.
6. APA.az. "One more General sent to reserve from Azerbaijan Armed Forces - EXCLUSIVE". apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
7. "Алтай Мехтиев получил новую должность". Oxu.Az (in Russian). 2013-11-18. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
8. "General-leytenant Heydər Piriyev (1959)". ZİM.Az | "ZİYA" İnformasiya Mərkəzi (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-26.
9. "Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan".
10. "The personal belongings of the martyred colonel Ilgar Mirzayev were presented to the History Museum". Azerbaijan State News Agency. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.