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The following is a comprehensive ist of leaders of Azerbaijan 's state security agencies since the republic's establishment in 1918.
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic [ edit ]
Heads of the Organization to struggle against counterrevolution of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic [ edit ]
Heads of the Azerbaijani Cheka, GPU and OGPU[ edit ]
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Name
Photo
Term in office
Party affiliation
Chairmen of Azerbaijani Extraordinary Commission (Azerbaijani Cheka)
1
Semen Pankratov
May — June 1920
Communist Party
2
Baba Aliyev
June — October 1920
Communist Party
3
Eyyub Hanbudagov
October 1920 — February 1921
Communist Party
4
Mir Jafar Baghirov
February 10, 1920 — 1923
Communist Party
Chairmen of the GPU of the Azerbaijan SSR
1
Mir Jafar Baghirov
1923 — September 7, 1926
Communist Party
Chairmen of the OGPU of the Azerbaijan SSR
1
Mir Jafar Baghirov
September 7, 1926 — May 22, 1927
Communist Party
2
Novruz Rizayev
May 22, 1927 — 1929
Communist Party
3
Mir Jafar Baghirov
September 7, 1929 — August 6, 1930
Communist Party
4
Mikhail Frinovsky
1930 — April 1933
Communist Party
5
Aleksey Agrba
April 19, 1933 — March 31, 1934[ 1]
AUCP(b)
6
Yuvelian Sumbatov-Topuridze
February 26, 1934 — July 10, 1934[ 2]
Communist Party
Minister of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan) - People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR[ edit ]
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Name
Photo
Term in office
Party affiliation
1
Hamid Sultanov
April 28, 1920 - June 1, 1921
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
2
Mir Jafar Baghirov
October 5, 1921 - May 22, 1927
Communist Party
3
Novruz Rizayev
May 22, 1927 - Jule 10, 1929
Communist Party
Stepan Yemelianov
August 1, 1929 - ?
Communist Party
Yuvelyan Sumbatov-Topuridze
January 1, 1937 - January 10, 1938[ 2]
Communist Party
Mikhail Rayev
January 10, 1938 - November 12, 1938[ 3]
Communist Party
Stepan Yemelianov
February 11, 1939 - February 26, 1941[ 4]
Communist Party
Mir Teymur Yagubov
March 6, 1941 - June 1, 1943
Communist Party
Aghaselim Atakishiyev
July 10, 1943 - June 6, 1953
Communist Party
People's Commissar and Ministers of State Security of the Azerbaijan SSR[ edit ]
(List incomplete)
Minister of Internal Affairs (Azerbaijan) - Ministers of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR[ edit ]
In 1953, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR and the Ministry of Public Security of the Azerbaijan SSR were merged into a single Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR . In 1954 was founded the KGB of Azerbaijan SSR.
Chairmen of the KGB of Azerbaijan SSR [ edit ]
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Name
Photo
Term in office
Party affiliation
1
Anatoliy Guskov
1954 — 1956
Communist Party
2
Fyodor Kopilov
September 26, 1956 — August 1959
Communist Party
3
Alexander Kardashov
August 1959 — October 12, 1963
Communist Party
4
Semen Svigun
October 21, 1963 — 1967
Communist Party
5
Heydar Aliyev
June 21, 1967 — July 14, 1969
Communist Party
6
Vitaliy Krasilnikov
June 1969 — June 18, 1980
Communist Party
7
Ziya Yusifzadeh
1980 — 1988
Communist Party
8
Ivan Gorelovsky
August 11, 1988 — August 19, 1989
Communist Party
9
Vagif Huseynov
August 19, 1989 — September 13, 1991
Communist Party
10
Ilhuseyn Huseynov
September 1991 — May 1992
Communist Party
Ministers of National Security of Azerbaijan [ edit ]