[1] He is the current Chief of the War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Heydar Piriyev was born on 1 September 1959 in the Paghaghbyur village of the Vorontsovka District of the then Armenian SSR.
On 17 May 2003 by the decree of the Azerbaijani President Haydar Aliyev, Piriyev was awarded the rank of Major General.
[2] From 2002-2009, Piriyev served as Chief of Azerbaijan Higher Military Academy.
From 2009-2013, he served as Chief of Staff of the Army Corps in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.
In 2014, Haydar Piriyev was awarded the rank of Lieutenant general by the decree of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and he was appointed Chief of the War College of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces.