Yashar Hasanov

Yashar Hasanov
Allegiance	Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Service / branch	Azerbaijani Land Forces
Rank	Colonel
Battles / wars	First Nagorno-Karabakh War Four-Day War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
Awards	For military services medal III degree For service to the Fatherland Order For Heroism Medal

Yashar Amirkhan oghlu Hasanov (Azerbaijani: Yaşar Əmirxan oğlu Həsənov), is an Azerbaijani military officer, and colonel of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. He took part in the April 2016 clashes, and the Lachin offensive within the framework of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Military service

In 1994, Yashar Hasanov was awarded the For military services medal by the decision of then the President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev as a senior lieutenant.^[1] In 2014, Yashar Hasanov was awarded the rank of colonel.^[2] He was awarded III degree For service to the Fatherland Order by the decision of the current President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. In 2016, Colonel Yashar Hasanov was again awarded the For Heroism Medal by the order of Ilham Aliyev for his activity during the April clashes.^[3] In October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Aliyev congratulated Yashar Hasanov for distinguishing themselves in the Battle over Qubadli, within the framework of the Lachin offensive.^[4]

References

1. Aliyev, Heydar (1 January 1994). "Azərbaycan Respublikası hərbi qulluqçularının "Hərbi xidmətlərə görə" medalı ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında" [On awarding military servicemen of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the "For military services" medal]. e-qanun.az (in Azerbaijani). Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
2. Aliyev, Ilham (25 June 2014). "Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələrinin hərbi qulluqçularının və mülki işçilərinin təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı" [Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on awarding servicemen and civil servants of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan] (in Azerbaijani). Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
3. Guliyeva, S. (15 March 2017). Abdullayeva, A.; Tahirov, K. M.; Jafarova, Mehriban (eds.). "Hərbi vətənpərvərlik tərbiyəsinin təbliğində aprel döyüşlərinin rolu" [The role of the April clashes in the promotion of military patriotism] (PDF) (in Azerbaijani). Baku: M.F.Aхundоv adına Azərbaycan Milli Kitabхanasının mətbəəsində оfsеt üsulu ilə çap оlunmuşdur. p. 19.
4. Aliyev, Ilham (26 October 2020). "Release of the Press Service of the President". Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.