Surat Huseynov
Azerbaijani colonel and politician (1959–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Surat Davud oghlu Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Surət Davud oğlu Hüseynov; 12 February 1959 – 31 July 2023) was an Azerbaijani military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister after ousting Azerbaijan President Abulfaz Elchibey in the 1993 Azerbaijan military coup.
Surat Huseynov | |
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Surət Hüseynov | |
Prime Minister of Azerbaijan | |
In office 30 June 1993 – 7 October 1994 | |
President | Heydar Aliyev |
Preceded by | Panah Huseynov |
Succeeded by | Fuad Guliyev |
Personal details | |
Born | (1959-02-12)12 February 1959 Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR (now Ganja, Azerbaijan) |
Died | 31 July 2023(2023-07-31) (aged 64) Istanbul, Turkey |
Huseynov, who had enriched himself through Soviet Azerbaijan's black market,[1] commanded forces on the northern front in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2] He took the rank of colonel and used his money to attract forces under his command.[2] Huseynov had no military training and had no military successes during the war.[2] Azerbaijan President Abulfaz Elchibey removed Huseynov from command, which prompted Huseynov to order his forces to withdraw from the front line and enabled Armenian forces to take Kelbejer.[2]
In June 1993, Huseynov's forces seized the weaponry left by a departing Russian airborne division in Ganja.[3] He subsequently marched on Baku, demanding the resignation of Elchibey and the entire Azerbaijan government.[2] Elchibey declined to call his supporters into the streets to confront Huseynov's army, as he feared that this would embroil Azerbaijan into a conflict akin to Georgian Civil War.[2] Elchibey opted instead to resign.[2] Heydar Aliyev was subsequently installed as president and he in turn installed Huseynov as prime minister.[4] Amid this turmoil, Azerbaijan lost enormous swaths of territory to Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and had effectively lost the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[5][4]
Huseynov was later imprisoned.[1]