Orkhan Sadyar oghlu Sultanov (, 1977) is the Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan,

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Biography

Orkhan Sultanov was born in 1977 in

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. 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

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. After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he worked at the Foreign Intelligence Department of the

Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan The Ministry of National Security (MNS, Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani: Milli Təhlukəsizlik Nazirliyi) was an intelligence agency within the cabinet of Azerbaijan. The MNS was a central executive authority that carried out the competencies de ...

. By the order of the

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dated 14 December 2015, Orkhan Sultanov was appointed Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Awards and ranks

Ranks

* Major General — 17 March 2016 *

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— 27 March 2019 *

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— 7 December 2020

Awards

* 2nd degree "For service to the Fatherland" order — 26 March 2018 * "Zafar" order

References

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