Ayaz Mutallibov

Ayaz Mutallibov
Ayaz Mütəllibov
Mutallibov in 2020
1st President of Azerbaijan
In office 18 May 1990[a] – 6 March 1992
Prime Minister	Hasan Hasanov
Preceded by	Position established (Himself as First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party)
Succeeded by	Yaqub Mammadov (acting)
In office 14 May 1992 – 18 May 1992
Prime Minister	Firuz Mustafayev (acting) Rahim Huseynov
Preceded by	Yaqub Mammadov (acting)
Succeeded by	Isa Gambar (acting) Abulfaz Elchibey
First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party
In office 25 January 1990 – 14 September 1991
General Secretary	Mikhail Gorbachev
Preceded by	Abdulrahman Vezirov
Succeeded by	Position abolished (Himself as President of Azerbaijan)
Full member of the 28th Politburo
In office 14 July 1990 – 29 August 1991
Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office 27 January 1989 – 26 January 1990
First Secretary	Abdurrahman Vazirov
Preceded by	Hasan Sayidov
Succeeded by	Hasan Hasanov
Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office 30 October 1982 – 27 January 1989
Preceded by	Sabit Abbasaliyev
Succeeded by	Rahim Huseynov
Minister of Local Industry of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office 4 July 1979 – 30 October 1982
Preceded by	Alibala Asadullayev
Succeeded by	Sanan Akhundov
Personal details
Born	Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov (1938-05-12)12 May 1938 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 March 2022(2022-03-27) (aged 83) Baku, Azerbaijan
Political party	Azerbaijan Communist Party (until 1991) Independent (1991–2003) Social Democratic Party (2003–2022)
Spouse	Adila Mutallibova ​ ​ (m. 1961; died 2019)​
Children	2
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Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov^[b] (12 May 1938 – 27 March 2022^[1][2]) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the first president of Azerbaijan. He was the last leader of Soviet Azerbaijan, and first President of Azerbaijan from 18 May 1990 until 6 March 1992 and from 14 May until 18 May 1992.

He rose through the ranks of the Azerbaijan Communist Party during Soviet Azerbaijan before becoming leader of the party in 1990. Later that year, the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR elected Mutallibov as the first President of Azerbaijan SSR. In September 1991, amid the collapse of the Soviet Union and independence of Azerbaijan, Mutallibov declared himself President of Azerbaijan in an uncontested election.^[3] He was ousted from power in May 1992 when he tried to cancel the forthcoming presidential election.^[3]

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