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Azerbaijan to set retirement age for military personnel based on rank

30 September 2026 16:29 (UTC +04:00)

The maximum age limit for service for each military rank will be determined as the retirement age, APA reports.

This is reflected in a proposed amendment to the Law “On Labor Pensions” submitted for discussion at today’s meeting of the Milli Majlis.

Under the current law, the following military personnel (excluding military personnel deprived of their military ranks and conscripts performing active military service) are entitled to an old-age labor pension as military personnel from the date of their discharge from military service:

- military personnel who have served 25 calendar years or more in military service before being discharged from military service;

- persons discharged from military service due to age who, on the date of discharge, have a total length of service of 30 calendar years or more, at least 15 years of which were spent in military service;

- persons discharged from military service due to illness or limited health capacity, as well as due to staff reductions, who are aged 48 or older on the date of discharge and have a total length of service of 30 calendar years or more, at least 15 years of which were spent in military service;

- military personnel with 15 years or more of military service who participated in work to eliminate the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the resettlement zone.

Under the draft, the following military personnel discharged from military service (excluding military personnel deprived of their military ranks and conscripts performing active military service) will be entitled to an old-age labor pension as military personnel from the date they reach the maximum age limit for service in peacetime established by law for their last military rank:

- military personnel who have served 25 calendar years or more in military service before being discharged from military service (20 calendar years in relation to military personnel who had served at least 17 calendar years as of January 1, 2024, and were discharged before completing 25 calendar years of military service);

- persons who, on the date of their discharge from military service, have a total length of service of 30 calendar years or more, at least 15 years of which were spent in military service.

Currently, an old-age labor pension for military personnel is assigned after discharge from military service. Except for persons who have served for at least 72 months from the date of their re-enlistment in military service, persons reinstated in military service by a court decision that has entered into legal force, and persons killed while performing military service duties, including officers, the labor pension of pensioners who were re-enlisted and subsequently discharged after being granted an old-age labor pension as military personnel may not be recalculated based on their latest remuneration.

Under the draft, an old-age labor pension for military personnel, as well as a monthly pension supplement, will be assigned after discharge from military service.

Except for persons who have served for at least 72 months from the date of their re-enlistment in military service, persons reinstated in military service by a court decision that has entered into legal force, and persons killed while performing military service duties, including officers, the labor pension of pensioners who were re-enlisted and subsequently discharged after being granted an old-age labor pension as military personnel may not be recalculated based on their latest remuneration, while the monthly pension supplement may not be recalculated based on their latest military rank.

The procedure for submitting information on the income subject to compulsory state social insurance during the period of service of military personnel who served within the system of the body (institution) designated by the relevant executive authority and who become entitled to a labor pension, for the purpose of calculating the insurance component of their old-age and disability labor pensions, will be determined by the relevant executive authority.

The draft law was put to a vote and adopted in the first reading.