Ismat Gayibov
Azerbaijani politician (born 1942)
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Ismat Ismayil oglu Gayibov (Azerbaijani: Ismət Qayıbov Ismail oğlu) (1942–1991) was the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan.[1][2]
Ismat Gayibov | |
|---|---|
| Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1942 |
| Died | 20 November 1991 (aged 49) |
| Spouse | Leyla Gayibova |
He was killed in a helicopter which was shot down by Armenian forces near the Karakend village of Khojavend district in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. There were no survivors among the 22 people on board the helicopter, which was carrying a peacekeeping mission team, with observers from Russia and Kazakhstan, government officials of Azerbaijan and television journalists.[3]
Gayibov's official burial was done at the Avenue of the Honored Ones Cemetery in Baku.[2] A stadium in Baku, an oil tanker, many schools and streets are named after him.
