Tofig Shamil oghlu Safaraliyev ( az, Tofiq Şamil oğlu Səfərəliyev, January 1, 1932 — July 19, 1983) was an Azerbaijani statesman, Minister of Industrial Construction of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979–1983), Deputy of the 10th convocation of the

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Biography

Tofig Safaraliyev was born on January 1, 1932. After graduating from the

Azerbaijan Industrial Institute Azerbaijan State Oil and Industrial University (formerly Azerbaijan State Oil Academy) ( az, Azərbaycan Dövlət Neft və Sənaye Universiteti, Азәрбајҹан Дөвләт Нефт вә Сәнаје Университети (ADNSU)) is a ter ...

in 1954, he worked as an engineer, department head and chief mechanic at Baku refineries. For a number of years he was chief specialist and group leader in the construction of oil refineries in

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and

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Med ...

, as well as economic adviser to the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

embassy in

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. From 1962 to 1966 Tofig Safaraliyev headed the Vladimir Ilyich New Baku Oil Refinery. In 1974, Tofig Safaraliyev was appointed Deputy Minister of Oil Refining and Petrochemical Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR, in 1975 he became the First Deputy Minister of Industrial Construction, and in 1979 he became the Minister of Industrial Construction of the Azerbaijan SSR. Tofig Safaraliyev was elected a member of the

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in 1956 and was a deputy of the 10th convocation of the

. He was elected a member of the Central Committee at the XXX Congress 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 Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, ...

. He was awarded the

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...

and the

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, as well as three USSR medals. He was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Engineer of the Azerbaijan SSR". Tofig Safaraliyev died on July 19, 1983. 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, scientist ...

on July 21.

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* {{refend 1932 births 1983 deaths Burials at Alley of Honor Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920) politicians Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University alumni Recipients of the Order of Lenin