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 ] # 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 ] # 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 ] # 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 ]