Alimardan Topchubashev
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Alimardan Alekper oglu Topchubashev (Azeri: Əlimərdan Topçubaşov) (May 4, 1862, Tbilisi - November 8, 1934, Paris) was a prominent Azerbaijani politician, foreign minister and speaker of the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. He was a prominent lawyer, a member of the Russian State Duma and editor of the influential "Caspiy" newspaper.
As foreign minister of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, he attended the Versailles Conference, where Azerbaijan's statehood was de-facto recognized. After the Bolshevik takeover, Topchubashev remained in France, where he died 14 years later.