Vagif Huseynov

Vagif Huseynov
Vaqif Hüseynov
Chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
In office
19 August 1989  13 September 1991
Preceded byIvan Gorelovsky
Succeeded byIlhuseyn Huseynov
Personal details
Born(1942-11-27)27 November 1942
Quba, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Died3 June 2024(2024-06-03) (aged 81)
Russia
Political partyCPSU
EducationBaku State University
OccupationMilitary officer

Vagif Huseynov (Azerbaijani: Vaqif Əliövsət oğlu Hüseynov; 27 November 1942 – 3 June 2024) was an Azerbaijani military officer and politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as chairman of the Committee for State Security of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1989 to 1991.

Huseynov died in Russia on 3 June 2024, at the age of 81.