Abdulali bey Amirjanov - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Abdulali bey Amirjanov Shirali bey oglu was an Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani people

The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...

statesman who served as Minister of Finance

Ministry of Finance (Azerbaijan)

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, State Controller

Ministry of Taxes (Azerbaijan)

The Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan Republic is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulating taxes and tax collection activities in all sectors of the economy of Azerbaijan Republic...

of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was the first successful attempt to establish a democratic and secular republic in the Muslim world . The ADR was founded on May 28, 1918 after the collapse of the Russian Empire that began with the Russian Revolution of 1917 by Azerbaijani National Council in...

, and was member of Azerbaijani National Council

Azerbaijani National Council

Azerbaijani National Council was the first delegated legislative body of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from 27 May 1918 to 17 June 1918 and again from 16 November 1918 to 3 December 1918...

and later Parliament of Azerbaijan

National Assembly of Azerbaijan

The National Assembly , also transliterated as Milli Majlis is the legislative branch of government in Azerbaijan. The unicameral National Assembly has 125 deputies: previously 100 members were elected for five-year terms in single-seat constituencies and 25 were members elected by proportional...

Early years

Amirjanov was born in Shaki, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

. Hae graduated from Alexander Pedagogical University in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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in 1888. He then worked as a teacher in Shaki and Lenkoran. Amirjanov was a member of Education Board of Nəşri-Maarif Education Society and chaired the Baku Muslim Charity Society Organization.

Political career

After establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on May 28, 1918 Amirjanov was involved in political life of the country. On June 17, 1918 when the second cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Second cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Second cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic governed Azerbaijan Democratic Republic between June 17, 1918 and December 7, 1918. It was formed after the first cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic dissolved and was led by Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Fatali Khan Khoyski with the following...

convened, Amirjanov was appointed Minister of Finance

Ministry of Finance (Azerbaijan)

and served in the position until October 6, when the cabinet went through reshuffling and he was appointed State Controller

Ministry of Taxes (Azerbaijan)

. He held the office until December 7, 1918. Elected to the Azerbaijani parliament as an independent deputy, Amirjanov was a member of the finance-budgetary and census commissions. In order to enhance trade relations with other countries, he co-founded Dəyanət company. During Turkish Army of Islam's march on Baku

Battle of Baku

The Battle of Baku in June – September 1918 was a clash between coalitions of Ottoman–Azerbaijani forces led by Nuri Pasha and Bolshevik–Dashnak Baku Soviet forces, later succeeded by British–Armenian–White Russian forces led by Lionel Dunsterville as part of the final battle of the Caucasus...

in September 1918, Amirjanov along with Behbudkhan Javanshir were in the frontlines when Ələt was taken.

After takeover of Azerbaijan by Bolsheviks

Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan

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on April 28, 1920 Amirjanov immigrated to Turkey

Turkey

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. He died in Istanbul

Istanbul

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in 1948.

Early years

Political career

See also