Isgandar Hamidov

Isgandar Majid oglu Hamidov (Azerbaijani: İsgəndər Məcid oğlu Həmidov)[1] (also transliterated as Iskender Majid oglu Hamidov[2] or Iskander Medjid oglu Hamidov;[3] April 10, 1948 in Bağlıpəyə village, Kalbajar rayon[3] – February 26, 2020 in Baku) was an Azerbaijani politician, Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan who served in the Popular Front government of 1992–1993.

Mutallibov subsequently fled the country and Isa Gambar was made acting president.

As a chairman of Azerbaijan National Democrat Party, informally known as the Grey Wolves, Hamidov pleaded for the creation of a unified Turkic country[8] which would include northern Iran and extend itself to Siberia, India and China.

He had the paramilitary training of the regular police and through years of service had achieved the rank of colonel.

In 1995, he was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison by the Heydar Aliyev regime for embezzlement of state funds.