List of Ministers of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Daxili İşlər Naziri) is a government minister who is the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan. The person in this position is appointed and dismissed from the office by the President of Azerbaijan.

Ministers

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

	Name	The term of office	Picture	Political party
1.	Fatali Khan Khoyski	28 May, 1918 — 17 June, 1918		Non-party
2.	Behbud Khan Javanshir	17 June, 1918 — 26 December, 1918		Non-party
3.	Khalil Khasmammadov	26 December, 1918 — 16 June, 1919		Musavat
4.	Nasib Yusifbeyli	16 June, 1919 — 22 December, 1919		Musavat
5.	Mammad Hasan Hajinski	22 December, 1919 — 15 February, 1920		Musavat
6.	Mustafa Vakilov	15 February, 1920 — 28 April,1920		Non-party

Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

Ministers of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

	Name	The term of office	Picture	Political party
1.	Hamid Sultanov	28 April, 1920 — 1 June, 1921		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
2.	Mir Jafar Baghirov	5 October, 1921 — 22 May, 1927		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
3.	Novruz Rzayev	22 May, 1927 — 10 June, 1929		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
4.	Stepan Yemelyanov	1 August, 1929 — ?		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
5.	Yuvelian Sumbatov-Topuridze	1 January, 1937 — 10 January, 1938[1]		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
6.	Mixail Rayev-Kaminski	10 January, 1938 — 12 November, 1938[2]		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
7.	Stepan Yemelyanov	11 February, 1939 — 26 February, 1941[3]		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
8.	Mir Teymur Yagubov	March 6, 1941 — June 1, 1943		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
9.	Agasalim Atakishiyev	June 10, 1943 — June 6, 1953		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
10.	Stepan Yemelyanov	16 March, 1953 — June 28, 1953		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
11.	Anatoly Guskov	8 August, 1953 — 25 March, 1954		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
12.	Ivan Buliga	30 April, 1954 — 10 July, 1956		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
13.	Ali Kerimov	11 August, 1956 — 5 February, 1960		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
14.	Khalil Mammadov	3 November, 1960 — 5 January, 1965		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
15.	Mamed Alizadeh	5 January, 1965 — 19 March, 1970		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
16.	Arif Heidarov	19 March, 1970 — 20 June, 1978		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
17.	Djafar Veliev	4 November, 1978 — 6 April, 1987		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
18.	Aidin Mamedov	7 April, 1987 — 9 May, 1990		Communist Party of the Soviet Union
19.	Mahammad Asadov	23 May, 1990 — 1991		Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Republic of Azerbaijan

Interior Ministers of Azerbaijan

	Name	The term of office	Picture
1.	Mahammad Asadov	1991 — 18 November, 1991
2.	Tofig Kerimov	18 November 1991 — 20 February 1992
3.	Tahir Aliev	24 February 1992 — 25 May 1992
4.	Isgandar Hamidov	26 May 1992 — 16 April 1993
5.	Abdulla Allahverdiev	21 April 1993 — 25 June 1993
6.	Vagif Novruzov	7 June 1993 — 29 April 1994
7.	Ramil Usubov	29 April 1994 — 20 June 2019
8.	Vilayat Eyvazov	20 June 2019 —

References

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2. "Раев Михаил Григорьевич (Каминский Яков Семёнович)". www.knowbysight.info. Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
3. "РУКОВОДИТЕЛИ ТЕРРИТОРИАЛЬНЫХ ОРГАНОВ НКВД СССР 10 июля 1934 г. – 26 февраля 1941 г." old.memo.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 2018-12-14.