Mikhail Garakhanov

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**Mikhail Garakhanov** MP KA (b. 19 January, 1967) is a Salvanian politician who has served as the third leader of the Conservative Front and leader of the opposition since 15 September 2022. Prior to this position, Garakhanov served as director of the National Security Commission from 2016 to 2022. Garakhanov was elected as member of parliament for Khoshbulakh on 1 October, 2022.

Garakhanov attended the National University of Salvadoro and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1989, later receiving Juris Doctor from the same institution in 1994. Garakhanov was appointed director of the National Security Commission on 9 July 2016 and assumed the role on 23 July 2016. Garakhanov was elected leader of the Conservative Front on 15 September 2022, succeeding Elariz Saleh, and subsequently resigned from his post as National Security Commission director. Garakhanov ran in the 2022 Khoshbulakh by-election, and was elected to the seat on 1 October 2022.

## Early life and education

Garakhanov was born on 19 January, 1967 in Yevlakh, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union. Both of Garakhanov's parents were Russian immigrants. Garakhanov attended primary and secondary school in Yevlakh, before moving to Salvadoro to pursue education at the National University of Salvadoro. Garakhanov graduated from the university in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, and later received Juris Doctor in 1994.

Garakhanov first worked as an assistant in the textile industry until 1989. He later became a political analyst in 1992, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and worked for the National Electoral Commission from 1993 to 1997, the committee that established the electoral process in Salva.

Garakhanov later worked as a lawyer in Salvadoro before joining the National Security Commission in 2003 and later became director in 2016, following the resignation of Ilyas Bolanovich.

## Career

### National Electoral Commission

Garakhanov worked within the National Electoral Commission from 1993 to 1997, and was a contributor to establishing the groundwork for elections in Salva. As a member of the commission, Garakhanov helped write the country's election legislation, including the law on the election of the Magizhatsti, a body Garakhanov himself was later elected to. Garakhanov left the commission in 1997 after the drafting of the Salvanian Constitution, rendering the commission defunct, replacing it with the Board of Elections.

### National Security Commission

Garakhanov later joined the National Security Commission as an agent in 2003, and Garakhanov was appointed director of the Commission by president Mirzy Amirbeyzov on 9 July 2016, and was sworn in on 23 July 2016, succeeding Ilyas Bolanovich.

Under Garakhanov's tenure, the Commission was responsible for coordinating and carrying out national security issues, including the management of the country's intelligence agencies, the monitoring and protection of critical infrastructure, and the management of emergency disaster relief agencies. Garakhanov resigned his position in the Commission on 15 September 2022 to take the position of the opposition leader, and was succeeded by Lidoczka Yariyeva.

### Political career

Garakhanov became a member of the Conservative Front in 2007, however, stopped participating in party affairs in 2016, due to his position in the National Security Commission. Garakhanov ran for party leadership and resigned from his position in the National Security Commission in 2022, following the resignation of Elariz Saleh. He was elected to the position on 15 September 2022 and later elected to the Magizhatsti following a by-election in his home district of Khoshbulakh.