BAKU, Azerbaijan - President Ilham Aliyev has promoted four Azerbaijani Defense Ministry officers to senior military ranks, including one major general elevated to lieutenant general.
The order was published Nov. 7 on the president’s official website, Vesti Baku reported.
Major General Zaur Zeynalabdul oglu Rustamov was promoted to lieutenant general.
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Colonels Elnur Ali oglu Alasgarli, Hikmat Rovshan oglu Aliyev and Telman Asgar oglu Huseynov were promoted to major general.
The presidential order, dated Nov. 7, 2026, cited Clause 24 of Article 109 of Azerbaijan’s Constitution as its legal basis.