Ogtay Asgar oglu Karimov

He was born on June 6, 1967, in Baku.

In 1988–1990, he served as deputy company commander in the Armed Forces of the USSR; in 1991–1992, as deputy company commander and company commander in a regular police unit subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 1992–2015, he served as inspector, senior inspector, head of department and deputy head of the Main Public Security Department; in 2015–2016, as First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; and in 2016–2022, as head of the Main Public Security Department.

He was appointed Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs by Order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated December 16, 2022. In 2017, he was awarded the special rank of Police Major General, and in 2023, the special rank of Police Lieutenant General.

In 1988, he graduated from the Simferopol Higher Military Political Construction School, and in 1997, from the Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.