Saftar Mammad oghlu Jafarov ( az, Səftər Məmməd oğlu Cəfərov; 1900 – 16 November 1961) was an

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of

Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan ( az, Азәрбајҹан, Azərbaycan, italics=no), officially the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (Azerbaijan SSR; az, Азәрбајҹан Совет Сосиалист Республикасы, Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist R ...

(1959–1961).

Biography

Saftar Jafarov was born in 1900 in Pirshagi village of

Baku Uyezd The Baku uezd was a county (''uezd'') within the Baku Governorate of the Russian Empire and then of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and Azerbaijan SSR until its formal abolishment in 1929. The ''uezd'' was located in eastern part of the Baku Gove ...

to a peasant family. He started working for private entrepreneurs at the age of 15. During those years he joined the

labor movement The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings: the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English) on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other. * The trade union movement ...

. In April 1920, when the Soviet government was established in Azerbaijan, Saftar Jafarov joined the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

, and in October of that year he became a member of the

Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...

. He served in the Red Army until 1932, rising from an ordinary soldier to a political worker. He was a military commissar of the battalion and regiment, assistant to the chief of staff of the division on political issues, and then military prosecutor of the Second Caucasian İnfantry Division and the Caspian Navy named after Styopin. From 1932 to 1935 he worked as prosecutor of the Azerbaijan SSR, and from 1933 as a People's Commissar of Justice of the Azerbaijan SSR. Later he was chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the

Nakhchivan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as Nakhichevan ASSR was an autonomous republic within the Azerbaijan SSR, itself a republic within the Soviet Union. It was formed on 16 March 1921 and became a part of the Azerb ...

, permanent representative of the Azerbaijani SSR under the

Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union The Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union was the highest collegial body of executive and administrative authority of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1946. As the government of the Soviet Union, the Council of People's Commissars of th ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, and in October 1940 he was appointed People's Commissar of Land of the Azerbaijan SSR. Saftar Jafarov was elected Secretary of the Presidium of the

Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR The Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR (Azerbaijani: Азәрбаjҹан ССР Али Совети, ''Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti''; Russian: Верховный Совет Азербайджа́нской ССР tr. ''Verkhovnyy Sovet Azerba ...

in early 1947, Deputy Chairman in 1957, and chairman in November 1959. From 1959 he was a member of the political bureau of the Central Committee of the

Communist Party of Azerbaijan The Azerbaijan Communist Party ( az, Azərbaycan Kommunist Partiyası; russian: Коммунистическая партия Азербайджана) was the ruling political party in the Azerbaijan SSR, making it effectively a branch of the ...

. Saftar Jafarov was a representative of the

22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (russian: XXII съезд КПСС) was held from 17 to 31 October 1961. In fourteen days of sessions (22 October was a day off), 4,413 delegates, in addition to delegates from 83 foreign ...

and the 19th–25th Congresses of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan. At the 22nd Congress of the CPSU, he was elected a member of the Central Audit Commission of the CPSU. He also was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR of 1–5 convocations. Saftar Jafarov died of cardiovascular disease in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

on November 16, 1961. He was buried in the

Alley of Honor The Alley of Honor ( az, Fəxri Xiyaban, Honorary ''Allée'') is a public cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Alley includes burials of famed Azerbaijanis and Azerbaijan-affiliated expatriates, including several Presidents, scientists ...

on November 19.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jafarov, Saftar 1900 births 1961 deaths Members of the Central Auditing Commission of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Azerbaijani politicians Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic