Nakhchivan Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Azerbaijan

The First Secretary of the Nakhichevan regional branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 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 Politburo or the General Secretary himself.

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

Sources

• [1] World Statesmen.org