Azerbaijan Fencing Federation was established on April 28, 1992. In May 1992, AQF was elected a member of the International Fencing Federation.
On September 20, 2017, an extraordinary report-election conference of the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation was held. At the conference held in the administrative building of the National Olympic Committee, Mikayil Jabbarov was elected the president of the organization. On November 20, 2021, at the general meeting held in the administrative building of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Balakishi Gasimov was elected the president of the Azerbaijan Fencing Federation.
The vice-presidents of the federation are Fikret Zeynalov and Farhad Kasimov, and the general secretary is Vasif Mammadov.
Head coach of the national fencing team Chingiz Mustafayev Dir.
