The second cabinet of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic governed the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) between June 17, 1918 and December 7, 1918. It was formed after the first cabinet of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic dissolved and was led by Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Fatali Khan Khoyski with the following composition:
State Agency Minister Period PartyPrime MinisterFatali Khan KhoyskiMay 28, 1918 – April 14, 1919IndependentMinister of Foreign AffairsMammad Hasan HajinskiMay 28, 1918 – October 6, 1918MusavatMinister of Education and Religious AffairsNasib YusifbeyliJune 17, 1918 – March 4, 1919MusavatMinister of Internal AffairsBehbud Khan Javanshir June 17, 1918 – December 26, 1918Independentacting Minister of Defense;Envoy to Karabakh and ZangezurKhosrov bey SultanovJune 17, 1918 – January 15, 1919 MusavatMinister of HealthcareKhudadat RafibayovJune 17, 1918 – April 28, 1920MusavatMinister of Transportation, Postal Service and Telegraph(later just Minister of Transportation)Khudadat bey Malik-AslanovMay 28, 1918 – April 28, 1918Muslim Socialist BlocMinister of Industry and TradeAgha AshurovJune 17, 1918 – October 6, 1918MusavatMinister of Postal Service and TelegraphAgha AshurovOctober 6, 1918 – December 26, 1918MusavatMinister of FinanceAbdulali bey AmirjanovJune 17, 1918 - October 6, 1918IndependentState ControllerAbdulali bey AmirjanovOctober 6, 1918 – December 7, 1918IndependentSpecial Minister in care of Social Security and Refugee AffairsMusa bey RafiyevJune 17, 1918 – October, 1918MusavatMinister of Social Security and Religious AffairsMusa bey RafiyevOctober, 1918 - December 7, 1918Musavat
On October 6, 1918, when the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic moved to Baku, it conducted a few administrative reforms. The Ministry of Transportation, Postal Service and Telegraph was split into the Ministry of Transportation and the Ministry of Postal Service and Telegraph. and a new Ministry of Social Security and Religious Affairs was established.
Among notable contributions of the second cabinet are the declaration of Azerbaijani language as the state language of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on June 27, 1918; the declaration of a red banner with white crescent and eight pointed star as the first flag of the country on June 24, 1918, and changing it to a tri-color Azerbaijani flag, which is the state flag of Azerbaijan Republic today.
See also Cabinets of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-1920) Cabinet of Azerbaijan
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