Ramil Usubov Ramil Usubov |
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Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan | |
In office April 29, 1994 – present |
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President | Heydar Aliyev, Ilham Aliyev |
Preceded by | Vagif Novruzov |
Personal details | |
Born |
Khojali Rayon, Azerbaijan |
December 22, 1948
Religion | Islam |
Ramil Idris oglu Usubov (Azerbaijani: Ramil Idris oğlu Usubov) (born 1948) is the Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan, in office since 1994.
Usubov was born in 1948 in Khojali Rayon of Azerbaijan. In 1970, he completed special school of Militsia named after N. Rzayev in Baku and graduated from Academy of Internal Affairs of USSR in 1980. Then he served in the Soviet Army and starting from 1970 worked in the law enforcement. He worked in criminal investigation units and in 1975 was appointed the head of Criminal Investigation Department of Shusha Rayon of Azerbaijan. In 1980-1984, he served as the deputy chief of Internal Affairs Department of Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan. In 1984-1987, he was the chief of Ali Bayramli department of Internal Affairs. In 1987, Usubov was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs of Nakhichevan and from 1989 up until 1993, worked as the Chief of Criminal Investigation, Head of Department of Visas and Registration (OVIR) and Chief of Human Resources of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan.
On August 11, 1993, he was appointed as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan), and on April 29, 1994, he was appointed as Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan by Presidential decree No. 140. On May 3, 1994, Usubov was promoted to Major General, on December 26, 1995 - to Lieutenant General, and on January 15, 2002 - to Colonel General.