Ismat Gayibov

Ismat Gayibov
Prosecutor General of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Personal details
Born	8 October 1942 Ganja, Azerbaijan
Died	20 November 1991 (1991-11-21) (aged 49) Karakend, Khojavend, Azerbaijan
Spouse	Leyla Gayibova

Ismat Ismayil oglu Gayibov (Azerbaijani: Ismət Qayıbov Ismail oğlu) (born in 1942 in Ganja, Azerbaijan) was the Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan.^[1][2]

Ismet Gaibov was born on October 8, 1942 in Ganja. He graduated from the Law Faculty of the Azerbaijan State University in 1967. He began his career in 1963.^[3]

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 of the crash.^[4]

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 were named after him.

See also

• 1991 Azerbaijani Mil Mi-8 shootdown
• Ismat Gayibov Stadium

References

1. "Azerbaijan Association. 17 year passes since "Mi-8" military helicopter was shot in Garakand sky – complete list of the perished people". November 21, 2008. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
2. "BURIED IN THE HONORARY CEMETERY". Archived from the original on December 18, 2009. Retrieved April 16, 2010.
3. "İsmət Qayıbov". www.wikimedia.az-az.nina.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2024-07-10.
4. Roman Glebov (1991-11-25). "Республики. В Азербайджане сбит вертолет с VIP на борту" [Republics. A helicopter with VIP on board has been shot down in Azerbaijan.] (in Russian). Kommersant. Retrieved 2010-04-16.