Hasan Mashadi Huseyn oghlu Aghayev , known also as Hasan bey Aghayev and Hasan Aghazada 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...

 public figure, journalist, doctor, teacher and politician. He served as the Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan

The Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Republic , also called Chairman of the National Assembly is the Speaker of Azerbaijani Parliament. The current Speaker is Ogtay Asadov...

 (ADR)

Early life

Aghayev was born in 1875 in Elisabethpol, Elisabethpol Governorate

Elisabethpol Governorate

Elisabethpol Governorate or Elizavetpol Governorate was one of the guberniyas of the Russian Empire, with its centre in Elisabethpol . Its area was 44,136 sq. kilometres, and it had 878,415 inhabitants by 1897....

 of Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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. Aghayev, whose education was financed by Azerbaijani businessman Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev

Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev

Hajji Zeynalabdin Taghi oglu Taghiyev was an Azeri national industrial magnate and philanthropist.-Early life:...

, graduated from the Medical Department of Moscow State University

Moscow State University

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 in 1901. After graduation, we worked as a public doctor and was a part-time journalist, writing for several Azerbaijani newspapers such as "Irshad", "Taraggi" and "Heqiqat", the editor of which was composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov

Uzeyir Hajibeyov

Uzeyir bey Abdul Hussein oglu Hajibeyov was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer, conductor, publicist, playwright, teacher, translator, and social figure from Azerbaijan. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera...

. The main focus of his articles in newspapers was on elimination of social causes to diseases and illnesses. He was also active in social and cultural life of Baku

Baku

Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...

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During the second teachers' congress in 1907, he was elected Chairman of Nijat Enlightenment Society. In 1911-1912, he published "Cənubi Qafqaz" newspaper in Elisabethpol. He also chaired the Muslim educational committee in the same city in 1911. In 1914, in cooperation with Khudadat Rafibeyli

Khudadat Rafibeyli

Khudadat bey Rafibeyli , also known as Khudadat Rafibeyov, was an Azerbaijani statesman who served as Governor General of Ganja Governorate and Minister of Healthcare of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Azerbaijani National Council and later Parliament of Azerbaijan...

 and Musa bey Rafiyev

Musa bey Rafiyev

Musa bey Rafiyev Haji Mammadhuseyn oglu , also known as Musa bey Rafibeyli , was an Azerbaijani statesman who served as Special Minister in care of Social Security and Refugee Affairs in the second cabinet, Minister of Social Security and Healthcare in the fourth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic...

, he founded Medical Society of Elisabethpol.

Political activity

In March 1917, Aghayev co-founded and was elected member of Central Committee of Turkic Federalists and in June of the same year, member of the Central Committee of Musavat Party. In December 1917, he was elected a deputy to Transcaucasian Sejm.
Hasan bey Aghayev was deputy chairman of the Azerbaijani National Council

Azerbaijani National Council

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, chaired by Mammad Emin Rasulzade and one of co-signers of the Declaration of Independence 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...

 (ADR) on May 28, 1918 in Tiflis, Georgia

Georgia (country)

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. From September to December 1918, Aghayev was the Chief Medical Doctor of Azerbaijan State Railway

Azerbaijan State Railway

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On December 7, 1918 Aghayev and Mammad Yusif Jafarov

Mammad Yusif Jafarov

-Early life:Jafarov was born was born on March 14, in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was the younger brother of a prominent professor and journalist, Ali Isgender Jafarzadeh. After completion of his secondary education, Jafarov studied in at Moscow State University graduating with a cum laude degree in law...

 were elected Deputy Speakers of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan and because the speaker of the assembly, Alimardan Topchubashev

Alimardan Topchubashev

Alimardan Alakbar oglu Topchubashov was a prominent Azerbaijani politician, foreign minister and speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic....

 was part of the Azerbaijani diplomatic mission attending Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Paris Peace Conference, 1919

The Paris Peace Conference was the meeting of the Allied victors following the end of World War I to set the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers following the armistices of 1918. It took place in Paris in 1919 and involved diplomats from more than 32 countries and nationalities...

, Aghayev was acting chairman of the parliament until February 2, 1920. After occupation of Azerbaijan by the 11th Red Army in April 1920, Aghayev moved to Tiflis. On July 19, 1920 he was assassinated by a terrorist.