Mehdi Abbasov (Azerbaijani: Mehdi Abbasov Yusif oğlu) (January 1, 1960, Aghvorik, Armenia – January 13, 1992, Məlikcanlı, Azerbaijan) was the National Hero of Azerbaijan[citation needed], and the warrior of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

In 1977, Mehdi's family was expelled from Armenia and moved to Kulan village of Tulkubas region of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

[2] Mehdi Abbasov was appointed to work at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan on June 28, 1991.

He started working as Senior Lieutenant at the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The former Rushan village of Ismayilli district is now called Mehdikand in honor of Mehdi Abbasov.