Feyruz Rajab oghlu Mustafayev ( az, Feyruz Rəcəb oğlu Mustafayev, October 18, 1933 — July 7, 2018) was Acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan (April 4, 1992 - May 16, 1992); First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan (May 22, 1991 — May 18, 1992); President of the State Company "Azergushsanaye" of the Republic of Azerbaijan (February 8, 1993); President of the State Grain Products Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (November 25, 1993 - October 16, 1994); Personal pensioner of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (October 2, 2002).

Biography

Feyruz Mustafayev was born on October 18, 1933 in Merzili village of

Agdam District Aghdam District ( az, Ağdam rayonu) is one of the 66 administrative divisions of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojaly, Kalbajar, Tartar, ...

. After graduating from a seven-year school in the village of Merzili, he continued his education at the Novruzlu village secondary school. After completing his military service in 1955, he began his career as an ordinary worker on the Samukh collective farm. Then he was elected an accountant, chairman of the collective farm trade union and chairman of the collective farm. During this period, he studied by correspondence at the Moscow Institute of Economics. Feyruz Mustafayev, who achieved high results in the collective farm, was appointed chairman of the

Khanlar District Goygol ( az, Göygöl , known as Helenendorf before 1931, Yelenino in 1931–1938, Khanlar in 1938–2008) is a city, municipality and the capital of the Goygol District in northwestern Azerbaijan. It is around south of Azerbaijan's second-larg ...

Executive Committee. One year later, he was elected the first secretary of the Khanlar District Party Committee. Feyruz Mustafayev was then appointed to the

Shamakhi District Shamakhi District ( az, Şamaxı rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the east of the country and belongs to the Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Quba, Khizi, Gobustan, ...

. In 1981,

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 ...

, First Secretary 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 Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, ...

, and

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...

, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, awarded him 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 Hero of Socialist Labour for his construction work in the Shamakhi District, such as 600 km of water lines and all similar construction works and reforms. In 1975, when he was the first secretary of the Khanlar District Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, he was elected a deputy of the IX convocation of the

Supreme Soviet of the 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 ...

from Gizilja constituency No. 343. He was a member of the Culture Commission. In 1987, he became Deputy Chairman of the Agrarian Industry Committee, then Chairman of the Refugee Committee, President of the State Grain Company, Deputy Prime Minister and then Acting Prime Minister. Feyruz Mustafayev died on July 7, 2018 in Baku.

References

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