Mirza Davud Huseynov

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Mirza Davud Bagir oglu Huseynov (Azeri: Mirzə Davud Hüseynov; Tajik: Мирзо Довуд Ҳусейнов / میرزا داوود حسینوفMirzo Dovud Huseinov), also spelled Husseynov or Guseynov (March, 1894, Baku - March 21, 1938, Baku), was an Azerbaijani revolutionary and statesman. After the establishment of Azerbaijan SSR, Huseynov became the Chairman of the Provisional Military-Revolutionary Committee from April 28, 1920, to May 16 of the same year. Then he was deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Committee, National Commissar of Finance and National Commissar of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan. From 1921, he was simultaneously National Commissar of Finance, National Commissar of Foreign Affairs and deputy chairman of the National Commissar Council of Transcaucasian SFSR. From 1930 to November 3, 1933, Mirza Davud was the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan. From 1934 to 1937, he was administrator of the Non-Russian Schooling Department of the National Commissariat for Education of Russian SFSR. During the Great Purge, Mirza Davud was arrested, accused of plotting against the Soviet state, sentenced to death and executed on March 21, 1938. He was rehabilitated posthumously.

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