Ali Huseyn oglu Mammadov () (11 August 1955 – 1 October 1992) -

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was born on August 11, 1955, in the Nakhchivan city of

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Life

During his youth, his parents moved to

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where he received his secondary education at School No. 255. In 1975, he passed his military service in

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. In 1982, he entered the Police Academy. He worked as a police captain within the Department of Criminal Investigation.

In Battles

Since 1992, Ali Mammadov started to go to the front. On September 24, 1992, he began to fight in the

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. He and other fighters which had captured the Gyzarty height and were subjected to a strong attack in the early morning on October 1, 1992. While bringing out wounded to a safe place, and fighting in the center of the battle, Ali was severely wounded in the head and died at the battlefield.Qəhrəmanlar unudulmur-Milli Qəhrəman Əli Məmmədov
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Family

He was married and had two children.

Awards

He was posthumously awarded the title of the

by the decree # 273 of the president of

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on 19 October 1992. He was buried in the Alley of Martyrs in Baku. One of the streets of

is named after Ali Mammadov.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mammadov, Ali 1955 births 1992 deaths People from Nakhchivan Azerbaijani military personnel of the Nagorno-Karabakh War Azerbaijani military personnel killed in action National Heroes of Azerbaijan