Commander of the Navy (Azerbaijan)

The Commander of the Azerbaijani Navy (Azerbaijani: Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələrinin Komandanı) is the head of the Naval operations and the administrative head in the Azerbaijani Navy, and is under the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defence. The current Commander of the Navy is Captain 1st Rank Shahin Mammadov.

Commander of the Navy
Hərbi Dəniz Qüvvələrinin Komandanı
Naval Flag of Azerbaijan
Incumbent Captain 1st Rank Shahin Mammadov since 18 December 2024
Ministry of Defence
Member of	General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Formation	1991
First holder	Rafig Asgarov
Deputy	Deputy commander of the Navy

List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Commander of the Navy	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Asgarov, RafigCounter admiral Rafig Asgarov (born 1949)	1991	1993	1–2 years	–
2		Yusifov, FuadCaptain 1st class Fuad Yusifov	1993	1999	5–6 years	–
3		Sultanov, ShahinVice admiral Shahin Sultanov (born 1959)	1999	11 March 2014	14–15 years	[1]
–		Mammadov, YunusCaptain 1st Rank Yunus Mammadov [az] Acting	11 March 2014	31 March 2014	20 days	[1][2]
–		Mammadov, ShahinCaptain 2nd Rank Shahin Mammadov [az]	15 May 2014	11 April 2016	1 year, 332 days	[3][4]
–		Rustamzade, HijranCaptain 1st Rank Hijran Rustamzade [az] (born 1960) Acting	11 April 2016	25 January 2017	289 days	[5][6] [7]
4		Gumbetov, ZaurCaptain 1st Class Zaur Gumbetov [az] (born 1959)	25 January 2017	29 June 2020	3 years, 156 days	[6][8]
5		Bekirov, SubhanRear admiral Subhan Bekirov [az] (born 1964)	29 June 2020	18 December 2024	4 years, 172 days	[8][9]
6		Mammadov, ShahinCaptain 1st Rank Shahin Mammadov [az]	18 December 2024	Incumbent	242 days	[10]