Yashar Hasanov

{{short description|Azerbaijani military officer}}

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Yashar Amirkhan oghlu Hasanov ({{Langx|az|Yaşar Əmirxan oğlu Həsənov}}), is an Azerbaijani military officer, and colonel of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. He took part in the April 2016 clashes, and the Lachin offensive within the framework of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Military service

In 1994, Yashar Hasanov was awarded the For military services medal by the decision of then the President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev as a senior lieutenant.{{Cite web |first=Heydar |last=Aliyev |author-link=Heydar Aliyev |url=http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/8739 |title=Azərbaycan Respublikası hərbi qulluqçularının "Hərbi xidmətlərə görə" medalı ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında |trans-title=On awarding military servicemen of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the "For military services" medal |date=1 January 1994 |access-date=2 November 2020 |language=az |website=e-qanun.az |publisher=Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan |archive-url=https://archive.today/ucRe4 |archive-date=2 November 2020 }} In 2014, Yashar Hasanov was awarded the rank of colonel.{{Cite web |first=Ilham |last=Aliyev |author-link=Ilham Aliyev |url=https://president.az/articles/12158/print |title=Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələrinin hərbi qulluqçularının və mülki işçilərinin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı |trans-title=Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on awarding servicemen and civil servants of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan |date=25 June 2014 |access-date=2 November 2020 |language=az |publisher=Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201102155052/https://president.az/articles/12158/print |archive-date=2 November 2020 |url-status=live }} He was awarded III degree For service to the Fatherland Order by the decision of the current President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. In 2016, Colonel Yashar Hasanov was again awarded the For Heroism Medal by the order of Ilham Aliyev for his activity during the April clashes.{{Cite news |first1=S. |last1=Guliyeva |editor1-first=A. |editor1-last=Abdullayeva |editor2-first=K. M. |editor2-last=Tahirov |editor3-first=Mehriban |editor3-last=Jafarova |url=http://anl.az/down/aprel-doyusleri.pdf |title=Hərbi vətənpərvərlik tərbiyəsinin təbliğində aprel döyüşlərinin rolu |trans-title=The role of the April clashes in the promotion of military patriotism |publisher=M.F.Aхundоv adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabхanasının mətbəəsində оfsеt üsulu ilə çap оlunmuşdur. |date=15 March 2017 |location=Baku |language=az |page=19 }} In October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Aliyev congratulated Yashar Hasanov for distinguishing themselves in the Battle over Qubadli, within the framework of the Lachin offensive.{{Cite web |first=Ilham |last=Aliyev |author-link=Ilham Aliyev |url=https://en.president.az/articles/44474 |title=Release of the Press Service of the President |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=2 November 2020 |language=en |publisher=Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan |archive-url=https://archive.today/20201102155204/https://en.president.az/articles/44474 |archive-date=2 November 2020 |url-status=live }}

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