Khudadat bey Rafibeyli ( az, Xudadat bəy Rəfibəyli; 1878 – 1920), also known as Khudadat Rafibeyov, was a Russian Empire statesman who served as Governor General of
Ganja
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Etymology
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Governorate and
Minister of Healthcare of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was also the member of
Azerbaijani National Council and later
Parliament of Azerbaijan. He was the father of Azerbaijani writer
Nigar Rafibeyli, father-in-law of
Rasul Rza and grandfather of
Anar Rzayev
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, chairman of
Writers' Union of Azerbaijan.
Early years
Rafibeyli was born in
Elisabethpol
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,
Elisabethpol Governorate in the Russian Empire. Having completed a gymnasium in Ganja, he left for
Kharkiv to study medicine at
Kharkiv State University
The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...
. Graduating in 1903, he returned to Ganja and began his medical practice. He is recognized as one of the first degreed professional surgeons of Azerbaijan. In 1914, he established the first Medical Society of Azerbaijan in Elisabethpol, providing the population with free medical care. After the 1917 revolution in Russia, Rafibeyli was elected a member of the Interim Executive Committee of the National Muslim Council and then member of
Azerbaijani National Council.
Political career
With establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on May 28, 1918 Rafibeyli was given several posts within the government.
[ On June 17, 1918 when the second cabinet of ADR convened, he was appointed to lead the new Ministry of Healthcare. While in office, he established several hospitals and medical laboratories throughout the country and opened the office of Red Crescent in Azerbaijan.]Order of Saint Stanislaus
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of the Third Degree.[
After takeover of Azerbaijan by Bolsheviks on April 28, 1920 Rafibeyli was executed by the Bolshevik firing squad without a trial on Nargin island just a few kilometers away from ]Baku
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.[
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See also
* Azerbaijani National Council
* Cabinets of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920)
* Current Cabinet of Azerbaijan Republic
References
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1878 births
1920 deaths
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic politicians
Government ministers of Azerbaijan
Soviet rehabilitations
Politicians from Ganja, Azerbaijan
People from Elizavetpol Governorate
Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian), 3rd class
Executed Azerbaijani people
National University of Kharkiv alumni
Surgeons from the Russian Empire
People from the Russian Empire
Participants of the Ganja revolt