Tofig Aghahuseynov

Colonel General Tofig Aghahuseynov (; 1 February 1923 – 12 May 2021) was a Soviet-Azerbaijani military leader. o Early life He was born on February 1, 1923, in the city of Nukha of the Azerbaijan SSR in a family of a doctors. In 1930, the family moved to Baku and in the same year he went to school No. 1. In 1940, after graduating from school, he entered the energy faculty of the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute.

World War Two After the start of the Great Patriotic War, he, on September 29, 1941, voluntarily joined the ranks of the Red Army and was sent to the Baku School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery.

Post-war years In October 1946, he was appointed battery commander of an anti-aircraft battalion in Vilnius, and was posted to Baku the following year. From 12 September 2017 up until 2021, he was the Head of the Organization for War, Labor, and Armed Forces Veterans of the Republic of Azerbaijan – Republican Veterans' Organization. He was buried with honors at the Alley of Honor.

Assistant to the President and Head of the Military Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Colonel-General Maharram Aliyev, who attended the funeral, presented the state flag on his coffin to his family.

Military ranks

Lieutenant (1942) Major (1954) Lieutenant Colonel (1956) Colonel (1960) Major General (February 3, 1968) Lieutenant General (December 5, 1972) Colonel General (May 6, 1980)

Awards

Azerbaijani Flag Order Shohrat Order Order of the October Revolution Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class 3 Orders of the Red Star Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" Order of the Red Star