Huseyngulu Mammadov (, ) — was a

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politician of

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origins.

Life

He was born in 1875, Mughanlo village of Signakh Uyezd, then part of Tiflis Governorate in Russian Empire to an ethnic Azerbaijani (then called Tatars) peasant family. He was a member of the

Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP; in , ''Rossiyskaya sotsial-demokraticheskaya rabochaya partiya (RSDRP)''), also known as the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party or the Russian Social Democratic Party, was a socialist pol ...

from 1899. He co-founded

Muslim Social Democratic Party The Muslim Social Democratic Party, usually referred to as Hummet ( az, Hümmət) ("Endeavor"), was a political party in South Caucasus. In 1920, it merged with "Adalat" ( az, Ədalət) ("Justice") communist cell in Baku, forming the first Communi ...

's Tbilisi branch in 1904. He was one of the signatories to The Act of Independence of Georgia on May 26, 1918. In 1919 he became only Azerbaijani to be represented in Constituent Assembly of Georgia, from

Social Democratic Party of Georgia The Social Democratic Party of Georgia ( ka, საქართველოს სოციალ-დემოკრატიული პარტია, tr), also known as the Georgian Menshevik Party, was a Georgian Marxist and social dem ...

. In March 1919, together with Giorgi Anjaparidze, Samson Pirtskhalava and Petre Surguladze, he was elected to a special commission set up to study the causes of the Akhaltsikhe uprising. He knew

fluently and often contributed to Ertoba () newspaper. He was also active in promoting Georgian sovereignty claim over disputed

Zaqatala Governorate The Zaqatala Governorate () was an administrative division of the short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic between 1918 and 1920. The district had an overwhelming Muslim majority forming 92 percent of the population, however, was claimed by t ...

against Azerbaijan, despite his origins. He actively worked in various commissions set up to solve the problems related to the Muslims of Georgia. He remained in Georgia after

Red Army invasion of Georgia The Red Army invasion of Georgia (15 February17 March 1921), also known as the Soviet–Georgian War or the Soviet invasion of Georgia,Debo, R. (1992). ''Survival and Consolidation: The Foreign Policy of Soviet Russia, 1918-1921'', pp. 182, 361� ...

. No further information has been found about his whereabouts later.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mammadov, Huseyngulu Georgian Azerbaijanis Social Democratic Party of Georgia politicians Russian Social Democratic Labour Party members People from Tiflis Governorate Democratic Republic of Georgia 1875 births 1920s deaths