Mirza Davud Huseynov | |
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Mirzə Davud Hüseynov | |
![]() Huseynov in 1921 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR | |
In office May 1921 – December 1921 | |
President | Grigory Kaminsky (First Secretary ofAzerbaijan Communist Party) |
Preceded by | Nariman Narimanov |
Succeeded by | Mahmud Aliyev |
People's Commissar of Finance of Azerbaijan SSR | |
In office 1925–1925 | |
Preceded by | Mirzabekyan |
Succeeded by | A. Ibrahimov[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | March 1894 Baku,Baku Governorate,Caucasus Viceroyalty,Russian Empire |
Died | March 21, 1938(1938-03-21) (aged 43–44) Baku,Azerbaijan SSR,Soviet Union |
Political party | Russian Communist Party (1918–1937) |
Mirza Davud Baghir oghlu Huseynov (Azerbaijani:میرزا داود باقر اوغلی حسینوف,Мирзә Давуд Бағыр оғлу Һүсејнов,Mirzə Davud Bağır oğlu Hüseynov;Russian:Мирза Давуд Багир оглы Гусейнов), also spelledHusseynov orHuseinov (March 1894 – March 21, 1938), was anAzerbaijani revolutionary and statesman.
Huseynov was born in a religious family in March 1894 inBaku. Having studied at a local school from 1904 until 1913, he moved toMoscow to study economics at the Institute of Commerce. In May 1917, he returned to Baku and was stationed inAgdash to work in the Refugee Committee ofBaku andGanja governorates. In October, 1918, he went back to Baku and established a student revolutionary committee.[2] In 1920, he married Tamara Khoyskaya (1902—1990), daughter of the Prime Minister of the deposedAzerbaijan Democratic Republic governmentFatali Khan Khoyski.[3]
In March 1919, Huseynov was one of the leaders of theHummet Party and later was elected its chairman. After the establishment ofAzerbaijan SSR, Huseynov became the Chairman of the ProvisionalMilitary-Revolutionary Committee from April 28, 1920, to May 16 of the same year. Then he was deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Committee, National Commissar of Finance, and National Commissar of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan from May 1921 until December 1921. From 1921, he was simultaneously National Commissar of Finance,National Commissar of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR and deputy chairman of the National Commissar Council ofTranscaucasian SFSR.[4] In 1922, Huseynov served as the deputyPeople's Commissariat of Nationalities ofRSFSR. From January 1923 until November 1929, he was the deputy chairmanPeople's Commissariat ofTranscaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and served as People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs andPeople's Commissar of Finance of Azerbaijan SSR in 1925.[1][2]
From 1930 to November 3, 1933, Mirza Davud was theFirst Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan.[5] From 1934 to 1937, he was administrator of the Non-Russian Schooling Department of the National Commissariat for Education ofRussian SFSR. During theGreat Purge, Mirza Davud was arrested, accused of plotting against the Soviet state, sentenced to death, and executed on March 21, 1938. He wasrehabilitated posthumously duringde-Stalinization.
Huseynov authored two books during his career:Musavat in the past and present, published in 1920 andMain points of progress ofAzerbaijan Communist Party.[4]