Azerbaijan

Part of Kingdom of Media

Part of Persia

Part of Greek Macedon

Part of Armenia

Kingdom of Arran (Caucasian Albania)

Annexed by Roman Empire

Part of Persia


Principality of Girdyaman

799 - 1747                Emirate of Shivan

       1516               Part of Ottoman Empire

       1618               Part of Persian Empire        

10 Jul 1723 - 10 Mar 1735 Baku Khanate occupied by Russia

06 Oct 1806               Baku Khanate annexed by Russia

12 Oct 1813               Khanates north of the Aras river ceded to Russia by Persia

22 Feb 1828               Nakhichevan Khanate annexed by Russia

22 Apr      - 28 May 1918 Part of the Democratic Federative Republic of Transcaucasia

28 May 1918 - 27 Apr 1920 Azerbaijani Democratic Republic

27 Apr 1920               Soviet occupation

28 Apr 1920               Azerbaijan Socialist Republic

12 Mar 1922 - 05 Dec 1936 Part of Transcaucasian S.F.S.R (Part of the U.S.S.R).

05 Dec 1936               Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic

23 Sep 1989               State sovereignty declared

05 Feb 1991               Azerbaijani Republic

30 Aug 1991               Independence declared

18 Oct 1991               Declaration of independence adopted by the Supreme Soviet

29 Dec 1991               Referendum supports independence by 95%

06 Jan 1992               Nagorno-Karabakh declares independence (not recognised)


Kingdoms of Arran and Girdyaman

Kings of Arran (Caucausian Albania)

..-.. Alpan

60-47 Oroyz

47-25 Zober

230-260 Vachagan I

260-313 Vache I

313-371 Urnayr

Vachagan II

Yargavan I

Sato

Asay

400-451 Yesvagan I

451-463 Vache II

487-510 Vachagan III

Kings of Girdyaman

510-534 Mihran

534-555 Armael

555-577 Vard

577-598 Vardan I

598-608 Varazman

608-628 Varaz Grigori

628-642 Varaz Peroz

642-680 Jevanshir

680-699 Varaz Tiridat I

        (1st Time))

699-704 Sheraye

704-705 Varaz Tiridat I

        (2nd Time)

705-730 Vardan II

730-760 Gagik

760-790 Nerseh

790-810 Stefan I

810-821 Varaz Tiridat II

821-822 Stefan II

822-830 Artnerseh ibn Sakhl

830-852 Iasiah


Azerbaijani Democratic Republic

Chairman of the National Council

28 May      - 17 Jun 1918 Mahmmad Amin Axund Haci Molla Alakbar

                           oglu Resulzade .......................... 1884-1955

Chairman of the Provisional Government

17 Jun      - 16 Nov 1918 Fatheli-xan İsgandar Xoy ................. 1876-1920

Chairman of the National Council

16 Nov      - 07 Dec 1918 Mahmmad Amin Axund Haci Molla Alakbar

                           oglu Resulzade (2nd Time)

Chairman of the Parliament

07 Dec 1918 - 27 Apr 1920 Alimardan Alakbar oglu Topçupaþ .......... 1862-1934


Prime Ministers

28 May 1918 - 14 Apr 1919 Fateli-xan İsgandar oglu Xoy ............. s.a

14 Apr 1919 - 01 Apr 1920 Nasib Bey Yusifbeli ...................... 1881-1920

01 Apr      - 28 Apr 1920 Mammad Hasan Hadzinski ................... 1875-1931

Azerbaijani Republic

Presidents

19 May 1990 - 06 Mar 1992 Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mütallib (1st Time) ..... 1938-2022

06 Mar      - 14 May 1992 Yaqub Cavad ogly Mammad .................. 1941-

                          (1st Time, acting)

14 May      - 16 May 1992 Ayaz Niyazi oglu Mütallib (2nd Time)

16 May      - 18 May 1992 Yaqub Cavad ogly Mammad

                          (2nd Time, acting)

18 May      - 16 Jun 1992 Isa Yunis oglu Qambar .................... 1957-

                          (acting)

16 Jun 1992 - 01 Sep 1993 Abülfez Qadyrqulu oglu Elçibey ........... 1938-2000

01 Sep 1993 - 31 Oct 2003 Heydar Ali Reza oglu Ali ................. 1923-2003 YAP

31 Oct 2003 -             İlham Heydar oglu Ali .................... 1961-     YAP

 

 

Prime Ministers

07 Feb 1991 - 04 Apr 1992 Hasan Aziz oglu Hasan .................... 1940-

16 May 1992 - 26 Jan 1993 Rahim Ali Hüseyn oglu Hüseyn ............. 1936-2023

26 Jan      - 28 Apr 1993 Ali Ahmed oglu Masim ..................... 1952-

                          (acting)

28 Apr      - 30 Jun 1993 Pankha Chodar oglu Hüseyn ................ 1957-

30 Jun 1993 - 07 Oct 1994 Surat Davud oglu Hüseyn .................. 1959-     YAP

07 Oct 1994 - 20 Jul 1996 Fuad Khalid oglu Guli .................... 1941-     YAP

                          (acting)

20 Jul 1996 - 04 Aug 2003 Artur Tair oglu Rasizade ................. 1935-     YAP

                          (1st Time)

04 Aug      - 04 Nov 2003 İlham Heydar oglu Ali .................... s.a

04 Nov 2003 - 21 Apr 2018 Artur Tair oglu Rasizade ................. s.a       YAP

                          (2nd Time)

21 Apr 2018 - 08 Oct 2019 Novrus Ismail oglu Mamed ................. 1947-     YAP

08 Oct 2019 -             Ali Idyat oglu Ased ...................... 1956-     YAP


YAP=Yeni Azerbaycan Partiyasi (New Azerbaijan Party, Turkic nationalist, 

         anti-Armenianism, authoritarian, ruling party).

Naxçivan (Nakhichevan)

      1843 - 1918

1539 BC Part of Armenia

900-612 To Uratu

612-550 to Media

550-300 To Persia

330-451 To Armenia

451-653 To Persia

653-885 To the Umayyid Caliphate

885-1020 to Armenia

15..                      To Persia

1747 - 1834               Khanate of Nakhchivan (under Persia)

22 Feb 1828               Annexed by Russian Empire

1867 - 1917               Part of the Yerivan (Armenian) oblast

04 Jun 1918               Part of Azerbaijan

26 Jan 1919               Aradayan Republic

   May 1919 - 06 Jun 1919 Armenian occupation

       1920               Ottoman occupation

28 Jul 1920               Nakhichevan S.S.R

02 Dec 1920 - 09 Feb 1924 Part of Armenian S.S.R

27 Feb 1923               Nakhichevan Autonomous oblast

09 Feb 1924               Part of Azerbaijan S.S.R

05 Dec 1936               Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

18 Jan 1990               Armenia occupied the Karki/Tigranashen exclav

20 Jan 1990               Independence declared from the U.S.S.R but not

                          Azerbaijan

19 Nov 1990               Part of Azerbaijan


 

Responsible Secretaries of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaizhan

1921                      Bagatur Kasum oglu Velbek ................ 1894-1938

1921 - 1924               

1924                      Yusif Pasha oglu Tairov .................. 1893-1938

1925 - 1926               Aleskar Abbas oglu Shakhbaz .............. 1898-1973

1926 - 1929               Ibrahim Tagi oglu Tagi ................... 1894-1937

1929                      Aga Verdi Khadzhi Yarali oglu Rahim ...... 1895-1937

First Secretaries of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaizhan

1931 - 1933               Bagatur Kasum oglu Velbek ................ s.a

1933 - 1934               Ali Kara Yahya oglu Mammad ............... 1902-1937

1934 - 1936               Mehdi Adıgözəl oğlu Mehdi ................ 1895-1937

1936 - 1937               Hasan Ali Pasha oglu Rakhman ............. 1900-1938

1937                      Sultan Teymur oglu Sultan ................ 1905-1938

1938 - 1940               Kazim Mirheidar oglu Ismail .............. 1905-1981

1940 - 1948               Hüseyn Hümbat oglu Najaf

1948 - 1952               Yusif Niftali aga oglu Yusif ............. 1906-1995

1952 - 1956               Ismail Nasrulla oglu Asker ............... 1914-2014

1956 - 1961               Khurshud Bayrum Kulu oglu Mamed .......... 1906-19..

10 Mar 1961 -    Apr 1970 Haci Aga Khalil oglu Ibrahim ............. 1923-1992

   Apr 1970 - 28 Dec 1975 Aslan Ağahüseyn oğlu Hüseyn .............. 1916-1991

28 Dec 1975 - 06 Dec 1983 Kamran Nabil oglu Rahim .................. 1928-2007

06 Dec 1983 -    Nov 1988 Nuradin Elyaz Müstafa .................... 1942-

   Nov 1988 - 20 Jan 1990 Heydar Isa oglu Isa ...................... 1936-1999

First Secretaries of the Nakhichevan Republic Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaizhan

20 Jan 1990 -    Apr 1991 Afetdin Calil oglu Calil ................. 1946-1994

   Apr      - 14 Sep 1991 Akper Fattakh oglu Ali ................... 1950-



Khans

1747 - 1764               Heydar Quli Khan

1764 - 1765               Haji Khan

1765 - 1770               Rahim Khan

1770 - 1773               Ali Quli Khan

1773 - 1781               Veli Quli Khan

1781 - 1783               Abbas Quli Khan (1st Time)

1783 - 1785               Jafar Quli Khan

1785 - 1787               Süküreli Khan

1787 - 1796               Kalb Ali Khan ibn Heydaroglu (1st Time)

1797 - 1801               Abbas Quli Khan (2nd Time)

1801 - 1804               Kalb Ali Khan ibn Heydaroglu (2nd Time)

1804                      Abbas Quli Khan (3rd Time)

1804 - 1813               Kalb Ali Khan ibn Heydaroglu (3rd Time)

1813 - 1816               Karim Khan Kangarli (1st Time)

1816 - 1820               Kalb Ali Khan ibn Heydaroglu (4th Time)

1820                      Nezereli Khan

1820 - 1827               Karim Khan Kangarli (2nd Time)

1823 - 1828               Ehsan Khan

1828 - 1834               Karim Khan Kangarli (3rd Time)

Presidents

   Oct 1918 -    Jun 1919 Dzhafar Quli-Khan

   Jun 1919 -        1920 .....

Chairman of the Executive Committee

28 Apr 1920 -    Nov 1921 Müstafa Baktash

   Nov 1921 -    Mar 1922 Beybut Aga Shahtahtinskii ................ 1881-1924

   Mar 1922 - 1923        Bagatur Kasum oglu Velibek (1st Time) .... s.a

1923 - 1928               Baba Babayev

1930 - 1931               Bagatur Kasum oglu Velibek (2nd Time)

1933 - 1934               Halil Agamir oglu Agamir ................. 1897-1940

1934 - 1936               Aga Verdi Haci Yarali oglu Rahim

1937                      Saftar Mamed oglu Cafar .................. 1900-1961

Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet

1937 - 1942               Mamed Ali oglu Rahim

   Oct 1943 - 1952        Cabrail Ibrahim oglu Mamed ............... 1910-1976

   Sep 1952 -    Sep 1963 Hüseyn Kurban oglu Mamed ................. 1900-1970

   Sep 1963 -    Sep 1990 Sukina Abas-qyzy Aliyeva ................. 1925-2010

   Sep 1990 - 05 Sep 1991 Afetdin Calil oglu Calil ................. s.a

Chairmen of the Parliment

05 Sep 1991 - 23 Jun 1993 Heydar Ali oglu Ali ...................... 1923-2003

01 Jul 1993 - 04 Apr 1994 Vasif Yusif oglu Talib (1st Time) ........ 1960-

04 Nov 1994 - 16 Dec 1995 Natiq Hasan .............................. 1944-2020

16 Dec 1995 - 22 Dec 2022 Vasif Yusif oglu Talib (2nd Time)

22 Dec 2022 -             Azer Yadulla oglu Zeynal ................. 1970-

 

 

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers

28 Apr 1920 -    Jan 1922 Ali Qadim

   Jan      - 03 May 1922 Beybut Aga Shahtahtinskii ................ s.a

1922 - 1923               Teymur Makhmud oglu Ali .................. 1896-1938

1924 - 1925               A. Ahundo

   May 1925 - 1929        Hamid Hasan oglu Sultan .................. 1889-1937

1929 - 1932               Teimur Magomet oglu Ali

       1932 -    Jul 1938 .....

   Jul 1938 - 1942        Balamat Yuz Akhmed oglu Balamat (1st Time)

1943                      Isak Musa oglu Hyülmamed

1944 - 1946               Adi Hüzal Halil oglu Hüzal ............... 1907-19..

1947 - 1950               Balamat Yuz Akhmed oglu Balamat (2nd Time)

1950 - 1953               I. Hülmamed

1953 - 1955               Neimet Hüseyn Novruz ..................... 1908-19..

1955 - 1959               Raqim Karam oglu Raqim ................... 1920-2000

       1959 -    Oct 1964 Mammad Hasan oglu Asker .................. 1918-1988

       1964 -    Feb 1970 Ramazan Akper oglu Ismail ................ 1928-

   Feb 1970 -    Jan 1979 Yusif Mustafa oglu Nabil ................. 1926-1980

   Jan 1979 -    May 1983 Imram Azim oglu Mekhty ................... 1936-

   May 1983 -    Mar 1988 Zulfi Salekh oglu Hadci .................. 1935-1991

   Mar      -    Nov 1988 Heidar Isa oglu Isa ...................... s.a

   Nov 1988 - 1989        Sukina Abbas qyzy Aliyeva ................ s.a

       1989 -    Jan 1990 Afetdin Calil oglu Calil ................. s.a

   Jan 1990 -    Sep 1991 Mir Ismail Mir Ali oglu Ali .............. 1941-

Prime Ministers

1991 - 1993               Bedcan Ibrahim oglu Farzili

1993 - 2000               Shamsaddin Hüseyngulu oglu Hanbaba ....... 1939-

2000 - 23 May 2020        Alovsat Hazanfar oglu Bakhshi ............ 1956-

23 May 2020 -             Sabuhi Hidayat oglu Mammad ............... 1969-


Baku

18 Dec 1859               Baku governorate re-constituted from the Shemakha governorate

22 Apr      - 26 May 1918 Part of Transcaucausia

17 Jul      - 15 Sep 1918 British occupation

01 Aug 1918               Central Caspian Directorate replaces the Commune

15 Sep      - 18 Oct 1918 Ottoman occupation

27 Apr 1920               Soviet occupation, incorporated into Azerbaizhan S.S.R

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Azerbaizhan S.S.R divided into two oblasts

                          Baki (Baku) and Kanca (Ganja)

                         


First Secretary of the oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaizhan

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Mir Teymur Mir oğlu Ələkbər Yaqub ........ s.a

                        - Maqoma Cəmaləddin Abdul-Müslüm ........... 1910-1977

                          (Second Secretary)


Governors

1859 - 1866               Konstantin Davidovich Tarkhan-Mouravov .. 1811-1869

1863 - 1872               Lt-Gen. Mikhail Petrovich Kolyubakin

29 Mar 1872 - 01 Jun 1876 Maj-Gen. Dmitry Semyonovich Starosel'sky  1832-1884

1875 - 1881               Valery Mikhailovich Posen

24 Mar 1882 - 08 Jan 1888 Baron Justin Kazimirovich Hubsch von Grostahl

21 Jan 1888 - 01 Jun 1899 Vladimir Petrovich Rorre ................ 1843-1906

18 Jun 1899 - 27 Feb 1904 Maj-Gen. Dmitry Aleksandrovich Odintsov . 1852-1909

27 Feb 1904 - 01 May 1905 Prince Mikhail Aleksandrovich Nakashidze  1873-1905

11 Nov 1905 - 1915        Vladimir Vladimirovich Alyshevsky

1915 - 1917               Lev Vladimirovich Potylov ............... 1877-1931

Commissar for the Baku Governorate

       1917               Pyotr Thyodorovich Ilyushkin

Governors

05 Feb      - 25 Aug 1919 Rashid bey Akhybdzade

25 Aug 1919 - 28 Apr 1920 Amir bey Narimanbeg

Chairman of the Executive of the oblast Committee

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Hasan Ali oglu Seid

Baku (City)

1721 - 1806               Baku Khanate under Persia

06 Oct 1806               Annexed to Russian empire by Treaty of Gulistan

28 Oct 1906               City of Baku and Absheron peninsular within Baku

23 Feb 1912               Separated from Baku Governorate

13 Nov 1917               Baku Governorate of Soviet Deputies (in opposition)

25 Apr      - 31 Jul 1918 Baku Soviet Commune

01 Aug      - 15 Sep 1918 Central Caspian Provisional Dictatorship (pro-British)

                          (anti-Soviet and anti-Azerbaijan Democratic Republic)

15 Sep      - 14 Nov 1918 Ottoman occupation

17 Nov 1918 - 23 Aug 1919 Baku garrisoned by British forces

23 Aug 1919               Part of Azerbaijan

28 Apr 1920               Soviet occupation (part of the Azerbaizhan S.S.R)

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Baku city economically separate from Baku oblast


First Secretary of the Baku City Committee of the Azerbaizhan Communist Party

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Rzakuliyev


Khans

1721 - 1728 Dargah Quli Khan

1747 - 1768 Mirza Mohammad I Khan

1768 - 1770 Fath Ali Khan

1770 - 1772 Abd Allah Beg

1772 - 1783 Malik Mohammad Khan

1783 - 1791 Mirza Mohammad II Khan

1791 - 1792 Mohammad Quli Khan

1792 - 06 Oct 1806 Hüseyn Quli Khan

Mayors

24 Dec 1906 - 1907        Maj-Gen. Mikhail Evgeniyevich Kanevsky

                          (acting)

20 Feb 1908 - 1909        Lt-Gen. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Folbaum ... 1866-1916

                          (acting)

1908 - 1909               Col. Pyotr Ivanovich Shubinsky

                          (acting)

22 Jan 1909 - 08 Mar 1916 Lt-Col. Pyotr Ivanovich Martynov

       1916 - 08 Mar 1917 Georgy Samuilovich Kovalev

                          (acting)

08 Mar      -    Nov 1917 Pyotr Thyodorovich Ilyushkin

                          (acting)


Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Baku Soviet of Deputies

02 Nov      - 25 Dec 1917 Stepan Georgiyevich Shaumyan ............. 1878-1918

Chairman of the Revolutionary Committee

25 Dec 1917 - 13 Jan 1918 Ivan Aleksyevich Sukhartsev

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Baku Soviet of Deputies

13 Jan      - 25 Apr 1918 Prokopy Aprasionovich Dzhaparizhe ........ 1880-1918

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissioners

25 Apr      - 31 Jul 1918 Stepan Georgiyevich Shaumyan ............. s.a

Chairman of the Central Executive Committee

01 Aug      - 15 Sep 1918 Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sadovsky

Mayor

29 Apr 1919 - 28 Apr 1920 Guda Ali ogly Gudiev ..................... 1880-1920

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Baku City Council

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Rustam Hadziali oglu Ismail .............. 1909-1972


Commander of the Allied (British) Forces

06 Aug      - 15 Sep 1918 Lionel Charles Dunsterville .............. 1865-1946

Ganca (Elizavetpol)

1867                      Yelizavetpol governorate formned from the former

                          khanates of Karabakh and Ganca (Gandzha)

1918 - 1920               Part of independent Azerbaijan

1920                      Part of Azerbaizhani S.S.R

1952 - 1953               Ganca (Ganzha) oblast


First Secretary of the Ganca Regional Committee of the Communist Party

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Imam Dashdemir oglu Mustafa .............. 1904-1970


Khans

1747 - 1761               Shah Wadi Khan

1761 - 1781               Mohammad Hasan Khan

1781 - 1784               Ibrahim Khalil Khan

1784 - 1786               Hajji Beg

       1786 - 03 Jan 1804 al-Jawad Khan

Governors

09 Dec 1867 - 1876        Fokion Evstafievich Bulatov

1880 - 1897               Prince Aleksander Davidovich Nakashidze .. 1837-1905

1897 - 1900               Ivan Petrovich Kireyev

1900 - 1905               Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lutsau

1905                      Yegor Baranovsky

1905 - 1907               Alexander Alekseyevich Kalachev

1907 - 1908               Samkalov

1908 - 1916               Georgy Samoilovich Kovalev

       1916 - 15 Mar 1917 Mikhail Petrovich Poyarkov

Commissar for the Yelizabetpol Governorate

1917 - 1918               Ismail Khan Ziyadkhan

Azeri Governors of Ganca province

23 Jun 1918 - 06 May 1919 Ibrahim-Aga Vekil ........................ 1853-1934

06 May 1919 - 29 Apr 1920 Xudadat bey Rafibeyli .................... 1878-1920

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ganca Regional Council

03 Apr 1952 - 23 Apr 1953 Sadykh Hadciali oglu Ismail .............. 1914-1975