Nurmammad bey Shahsuvarov Adilkhan oglu ( az, Nurməmməd bəy Adilxan bəy oğlu Şahsuvarov; 1883–1958) was an

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statesman who served as Minister of Education and Religious Affairs in the

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, and was member of Parliament of Azerbaijan.

Early years

Shahsuvarov was born in 1883 in

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of Lachin district, Azerbaijan. In 1903, he graduated from

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and taught

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for several years. He then graduated from Tiflis Alexander Pedagogical Institute in 1912 and Law Department of Kiev University in 1915. He was a participant of February Revolution of 1917 and became the Minister of Education of Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, established in the summer of 1918.

Political life

In June, 1919 Shahsuvarov moved to Azerbaijan and joined Ittihad Party. He was then appointed Deputy Minister of Education. Under his leadership, many schools were opened in villages and towns of Azerbaijan. On March 5, 1920, he was appointed Minister of Education in the fifth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic led by Nasib Yusifbeyli, effectively replacing Hamid bey Shahtakhtinski who resigned from his position to teach at Baku State University. His term ended on April 1, 1920 when the last fifth government dissolved. After Bolshevik invasion of Azerbaijan, Shahsuvarov was appointed Deputy Education Commissar of

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. In 1940, he was arrested with false accusation and sent to Krasnodar repression camp. He was released in 1943 and returned to Baku where he worked as the Professor of Russian language at

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from 1946 to 1958 and Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, was a Dean of Russian Language Department at Baku State University. He died on August 11, 1958 in

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References

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