Orkhan Sultanov Explained

Orkhan Sultanov
Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Term Start:	14 December 2015
Predecessor:	position was established
Birth Place:	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Rank:	colonel general

Orkhan Sadyar oghlu Sultanov (Azerbaijani: Orxan Sedyar oğlu Sultanov, 1977) is the Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan, colonel general.

Biography

Orkhan Sultanov was born in 1977 in Baku. He previously worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. In 2007–2011, he served as First Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs of the Azerbaijani Embassy in the United Kingdom. After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he worked at the Foreign Intelligence Department of the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan.^[1]

By the order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated 14 December 2015, Orkhan Sultanov was appointed Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan.^[2]

Awards and ranks

Ranks

Major General — 17 March 2016^[3]
Lieutenant General — 27 March 2019^[4]
Colonel General — 7 December 2020

Awards

2nd degree "For service to the Fatherland" order — 26 March 2018^[5]
"Zafar" order

Notes and References

Web site: Xarici Kəşfiyyat Xidmətinin rəisi kimdir? . www.azadliq.info . www.azadliq.info . 28 October 2018.
Web site: O.S.Sultanovun Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici Kəşfiyyat Xidmətinin rəisi təyin edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı . president.az . 25 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190425102254/https://president.az/articles/17158 . 25 April 2019.
Web site: O.S.Sultanova general-mayor ali hərbi rütbəsinin verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı . president.az . 25 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190425102557/https://president.az/articles/18145 . 25 April 2019.
Web site: O.S.Sultanova general-polkovnik ali hərbi rütbəsinin verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı. www.e-qanun.az. 7 December 2020.
Web site: O.S.Sultanovun 2-ci dərəcəli "Vətənə xidmətə görə" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı . president.az . 25 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190425102825/https://president.az/articles/27571 . 25 April 2019.