On 11 November 2020, the
President of Azerbaijan,
Ilham Aliyev, at a meeting with wounded Azerbaijani servicemen who took part in the
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, said that new orders and medals would be established in Azerbaijan, and that he gave appropriate instructions on awarding civilians and servicemen who showed "heroism on the battlefield and in the rear and distinguished themselves in this war." He also proposed the names of these orders and medals. On 20 November 2020, at a plenary session of the
Azerbaijani National Assembly, a draft law on amendments to the law "On the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan" was submitted for discussion. The Hero of the Patriotic War Medal was established on the same day in the first reading in accordance with the bill "On the establishment of orders and medals of the Republic of Azerbaijan" on the occasion of Azerbaijan being the victor in the
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Awarding On 9 December, the
President of Azerbaijan,
Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to award 83 servicemen, 34 of them posthumously with the title of the Hero of the Patriotic War. The awardees included
Hikmat Mirzayev, the commander of the
special forces,
Ilham Mehdiyev, the deputy chief of the
State Border Service, as well as the officers
Namig Islamzadeh,
Kanan Seyidov, and
Zaur Mammadov. == Status ==