Ayaz Mutallibov

Ayaz Mutallibov
Ayaz Mütəllibov
Mutallibov in 2020
1st President of Azerbaijan
In office
18 May 1990[a] – 6 March 1992
Prime MinisterHasan Hasanov
Preceded byPosition established
(Himself as First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party)
Succeeded byYaqub Mammadov (acting)
In office
14 May 1992 – 18 May 1992
Prime MinisterFiruz Mustafayev (acting)
Rahim Huseynov
Preceded byYaqub Mammadov (acting)
Succeeded byIsa Gambar (acting)
Abulfaz Elchibey
First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party
In office
25 January 1990 – 14 September 1991
General SecretaryMikhail Gorbachev
Preceded byAbdulrahman Vezirov
Succeeded byPosition abolished
(Himself as President of Azerbaijan)
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office
14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office
27 January 1989 – 26 January 1990
First SecretaryAbdurrahman Vazirov
Preceded byHasan Sayidov
Succeeded byHasan Hasanov
Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office
30 October 1982 – 27 January 1989
Preceded bySabit Abbasaliyev
Succeeded byRahim Huseynov
Minister of Local Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office
4 July 1979 – 30 October 1982
Preceded byAlibala Asadullayev
Succeeded bySanan Akhundov
Personal details
Born
Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov

(1938-05-12)12 May 1938
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Died27 March 2022(2022-03-27) (aged 83)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Political party
Spouse
(m. 1961; died 2019)
Children2
Signature

Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov[b] (12 May 1938 – 27 March 2022[1][2]) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the first president of Azerbaijan. He was the last leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, and first President of Azerbaijan from 18 May 1990 until 6 March 1992 and from 14 May until 18 May 1992.

He rose through the ranks of the Azerbaijan Communist Party during Soviet Azerbaijan before becoming leader of the party in 1990. Later that year, the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR elected Mutallibov as the first President of Azerbaijan SSR. In September 1991, amid the collapse of the Soviet Union and independence of Azerbaijan, Mutallibov declared himself President of Azerbaijan in an uncontested election.[3] He was ousted from power in May 1992 when he tried to cancel the forthcoming presidential election.[3]


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  1. ^ "Former Azerbaijani President Ayaz Mutallibov dies at age 83".
  2. ^ "The death of the first president of Azerbaijan". 27 March 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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