Tofig Aghahuseynov

Colonel General Tofig Aghahuseynov (Azerbaijani: Tofiq Yaqub oğlu Ağahüseynov; 1 February 1923[1] – 12 May 2021) was a Soviet-Azerbaijani military leader.

[2][3] After the start of the Great Patriotic War, he, on September 29, 1941, voluntarily joined the ranks of the Red Army and was sent to the Baku School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery.

[2] In October 1942, after completing an accelerated training course, Lieutenant Aghahuseynov was appointed commander of the control platoon of the 2nd Battery of the 160th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion in Arkhangelsk.

[2] On 7 June 1975, he was appointed a member of the Military Council and First Deputy Commander of the Baku Air Defense District.

[2] He became the district commander on 5 April 1980, serving the territory of the South Caucasus, the Turkmen SSR, and the Black Sea to Rostov and Mariupol.

Assistant to the President and Head of the Military Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Colonel-General Maharram Aliyev, who attended the funeral, presented the state flag on his coffin to his family.