List of Famous people born in Lachin District, Azerbaijan

Rovshan Javadov

First Name Rovshan

Last Name Javadov

Born on October 19, 1951

Died on March 17, 1995 (aged 43)

Born in Azerbaijan, Lachin District

Rovshan Djavadov was an officer in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the chief of the Special Purpose Police Detachment of Azerbaijan (OPON). Born in what was then part of the Soviet Union. He took on an early role in the early years of the newly independent Azerbaijan, becoming the leader of OPON, a military police unit of a few thousand people. The creation of the organization would lead to clashes with President Heydar Aliyev. In 1995, this conflict with Aliyev would eventually culminate into an attempted coup against Aliyev, which would fail and lead to a siege of OPON headquarters. During the siege, Djavadov was shot and eventually died of his wounds.

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