Following the fall of the Soviet Union, he then served for a decade with the Border Troops of the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan.
He was then promoted to the chief of office of international relations of the State Border Service before being appointed Deputy Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Troops by a presidential decree on 17 January 2003, when he was also promoted to the rank of major-general four months later.

He was previously the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.
Following the fall of the Soviet Union, he then served for a decade with the Border Troops of the Ministry of National Security of Azerbaijan. He was then promoted to the chief of office of international relations of the State Border Service before being appointed Deputy Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Troops by a presidential decree on 17 January 2003, when he was also promoted to the rank of major-general four months later.
He was previously the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.
Zakir Hasanov