Orkhan Sultanov
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{short description|Chief of Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Orkhan Sultanov
{{small|Orxan Sultanov}}
| image = Orxan Sultanov.jpg
| order =
| title = Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan
| term_start = 14 December 2015
| term_end =
| predecessor = position was established
| successor =
| president =
| office1 =
| president1 =
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}}
| birth_place = Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education =
| awards = File:AZ Zafar Order ribbon.svg File:AZ For Service to the Fatherland Order ribbon.svg
| branch =
| serviceyears =
| rank = colonel general
| battles =
}}
Orkhan Sadyar oghlu Sultanov ({{langx|az|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.{{cite web |title=Xarici Kəşfiyyat Xidmətinin rəisi kimdir? |url=https://www.azadliq.info/108465.html |website=www.azadliq.info |publisher=www.azadliq.info |accessdate=28 October 2018}}
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.{{cite web |title=O.S.Sultanovun Azərbaycan Respublikasının Xarici Kəşfiyyat Xidmətinin rəisi təyin edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı |url=https://president.az/articles/17158 |website=president.az |accessdate=25 April 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425102254/https://president.az/articles/17158 |archivedate=25 April 2019}}
Awards and ranks
=Ranks=
- Major General — 17 March 2016{{cite web |title=O.S.Sultanova general-mayor ali hərbi rütbəsinin verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı |url=https://president.az/articles/18145 |website=president.az |accessdate=25 April 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425102557/https://president.az/articles/18145 |archivedate=25 April 2019}}
- Lieutenant General — 27 March 2019{{cite web|title=O.S.Sultanova general-polkovnik ali hərbi rütbəsinin verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı|url=https://apa.az/az/daxili_siyaset/Xarici-Ksfiyyat-Xidmtinin-risin-general-polkovnik-ali-hrbi-rutbsi-verilib-618542|website=www.e-qanun.az|access-date=7 December 2020}}
- Colonel General — 7 December 2020
= Awards =
- 2nd degree "For service to the Fatherland" order — 26 March 2018{{cite web |title=O.S.Sultanovun 2-ci dərəcəli "Vətənə xidmətə görə" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı |url=https://president.az/articles/27571 |website=president.az |accessdate=25 April 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425102825/https://president.az/articles/27571 |archivedate=25 April 2019}}
- "Zafar" order
References
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sultanov, Orkhan}}
{{Azerbaijan-politician-stub}}