Mammadrafi Mammadov

Mammadrafi Ismayil oghlu Mammadov (Azerbaijani: Məmmədrəfi İsmayıl oğlu Məmmədov) was Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan from September 2, 1993, until February 6, 1995. Mammadov served as minister during the period of fierce fighting on the Karabakh front. He was born in the city of Guba. After graduating from high school in 1959, he entered the Guba Agricultural College. In November 1963 he was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army, and served in an artillery regiment in Brest (Belarusian SSR). In 1967, he graduated from the Tambov Artillery and Technical School and in the rank of lieutenant was sent for further service in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In 1973, Senior Lieutenant Mamedov entered the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport. After graduating from the academy he served with the rank of major in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1979, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was appointed deputy division commander.