Rovshan Aliyev (; born 1955 in Agstafa, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR – 13

March 2002 in Baku, Azerbaijan) was an Azerbaijani criminalist and deputy chief of Prosecutor's Office Grave Crimes Investigation Department. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Baku, Azerbaijan, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Azerbaijani mafia.

Biography

After graduating from Azerbaijan State University Law and Justice in 1972, and worked as prosecutor in Baku's Nasimi district in 1977. He was Azerbaijan's first military prosecutor and played vital role in establishment of this role in the country.

Rovshan Aliyev

In 2005, Haji Mammadov was arrested during operation Black Belt and convicted of murdering Aliyev.

Rovshan Aliyev

See also

Fatulla Huseynov

References

1955 births

2002 deaths

People from Ağstafa

Detectives

People murdered in Azerbaijan

People murdered by organized crime

Azerbaijani prosecutors

2002 murders in Asia

2002 murders in Europe

20th-century Azerbaijani lawyers

Rovshan Aliyev