Zakir Hasanov, Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan (class of 1976) Elchin Guliyev, Chief of State Border Service of Azerbaijan Republic (class of 1984) Ramil Safarov, an officer of the Azerbaijani Army who was convicted of the 2004 murder of Armenian Army Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan during a NATO-sponsored training in Budapest. Asif Hajili, member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers Shukur Hamidov, a National Hero of Azerbaijan Murad Mirzayev,[15] former officer in the Special Forces of Azerbaijan. Mais Barkhudarov,[16] a participant of the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh clashes and 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.