Abdurrahman Vazirov Khalil oglu ( az, Әбдүррәһман Вәзиров Хәлил оғлу, italic=no, Əbdürrəhman Vəzirov Xəlil oğlu; 26 May 1930 – 10 January 2022) was the 13th

First Secretary First Secretary may refer to: * First minister, a leader of a government * Secretary (title), a leader of a political party (especially Communist parties), trade union, or other organization * First Secretary (diplomatic rank), a role within an emba ...

of the Azerbaijan Communist Party and the leader of the Azerbaijan SSR from 1988 till January 1990. Vazirov was appointed by Kremlin to lead Soviet Azerbaijan in May 1988, amidst the heating of the

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conflict. Vazirov replaced

Kamran Baghirov Kamran Baghirov Mammad oglu ( az, Камран Бағиров Мәммәд оғлу, italic=no, Kamran Bağirov Məmməd oğlu; January 24, 1933 – October 25, 2000), was the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party. Biography Fro ...

, whose dismissal came along with similar dismissal of Karen Demirchyan and appointment of

Suren Harutyunyan Surena or Suren, also known as Rustaham Suren (died 53 BC) was a Parthian '' spahbed'' ("general" or "commander") during the first century BC. He was the leader of the House of Suren and was best known for defeating the Romans in the Battle of ...

as the leader of the

Armenian SSR The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

. He was a Soviet diplomat, who served in India, Nepal and

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. He had been out of the Azerbaijan SSR for over a decade and therefore was untainted by the corruption. He was neither a typical political boss nor a local nationalist; he could not even speak fluent

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.Robert V. Barylski. "The Russian Federation and Eurasia's Islamic Crescent", ''Europe-Asia Studies'', Vol. 46, No. 3. (1994), p. 397 But at the same time, Vazirov was born in

region of Azerbaijan SSR. Vazirov shared Mikhail Gorbachev's internationalist values and aspirations for political reform but he could not cope effectively with the complex political situation in Azerbaijan. He was also known as a fierce opponent of the former leader of Soviet Azerbaijan and later the 3rd president of independent Azerbaijan,

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Azer ...

. He left Azerbaijan SSR amidst the

Black January Black January ( az, Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on the civilian population of Baku on 19–20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Unio ...

events in Baku, for which he was later sought by the

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as one of the responsible parties. On 24 January 1990, he was replaced in his position by

Ayaz Mutallibov Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov, russian: Аяз Ниязович Муталибов, Ayaz Niyazovich Mutalibov (12 May 1938 – 27 March 2022) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the first president of Azerbaijan. He was the last leader ...

. Vazirov died on 10 January 2022, at the age of 91.

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