The First Secretary of the Nakhichevan regional branch of the Azerbaijan Communist Party was the position of highest authority in the Nakhichevan ASSR in the Azerbaijan SSR of the Soviet Union. The position was created in 1920, and abolished in August 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee the Azerbaijan Communist Party or the First Secretary of the Republic.
List of First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Nakhichevan
Name Term of Office Life years Start End First Secretaries of the Communist Party ? 1920 1921 Bagatur Velibekov 1921 1921 1894–1938 ? 1921 1925 Alesker Shakhbazov 1925 ? 1888–1973 Ali Dzharov ? ? Vasily Volkov 1929 1929 1889–1939 ? 1929 1933 Bagatur Velibekov ? 1933 1894–1938 Ali Mamedov 1933 1933 Mekhti Mekhtiyev 1935? December 1936 ?–1937 Gasan Rakhmanov ? 1937 Kyazim Ismailov 1938? 1940 Huseyn Nadzhafov 1940 1949 Yusif Yusifov 1949 1952? Pasha Aliev 1952 1952 Ismail Askerov 1952 1956 1914– Khurshud Mamedov 1956 1961 1906–? Gadzhi Ibragimov October 1961 April 1970 1923– Aslan Guseynov April 1970 December 1975 1916– Kamran Ragimov December 1975 December 1983 1928– Nuradin Mustafayev December 1983 November 1988 1942– Heidar Isayev November 1988 January 1990 1936– Afetdin Dzhalilov January 1990 April 1991 1946–1994 Akper Aliyev April 1989 August 1991 1950–
See also Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic List of leaders of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
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