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Apr 10, 1948 Kalbajar, Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan 76 years old
Azerbaijani politician
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About Isgandar Hamidov
- Isgender Hamidov (Azerbaijani: Isg?nd?r M?cid oglu H?midov) (also transliterated as Iskender Majid oglu Hamidov or Iskander Medjid oglu Hamidov) (born April 10, 1948 in Baglip?y? village, Kalbajar rayon) is a former Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan who served in the Popular Front government of 1992-1993.As a chairman of Azerbaijan National Democrat Party, informally known as the Grey Wolves, Hamidov pleaded for the creation of a Greater Turkey which would include northern Iran and extend itself to Siberia, India and China.
- He was known to have threatened Armenia with a nuclear strike, although Azerbaijan was not in possession of any nuclear weapons. Isgandar Hamidov resigned in April 1993.
- In 1995, he was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzlement of state funds but was essentially treated as a political prisoner by the Amnesty International and the Council of Europe.
- He was pardoned by the decree of President Ilham Aliyev in 2004.
