Kamran Baghirov

Kamran Baghirov
Kamran Baghirov
Kamran Bağırov
First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party
	In office; 3 December 1982 – 21 May 1988
Preceded by	Heydar Aliyev
Succeeded by	Abdurrahman Vazirov
Personal details
Born	24 January 1933; Shusha, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Died	25 October 2000 (aged 67); Baku, Azerbaijan
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Spouse	Tatyana Alekseyevna Baghirova
Children	son Teymur

Kamran Baghirov Mammad oglu (Azerbaijani: Камран Бағыров Мәммәд оғлу, romanized: Kamran Bağırov Məmməd oğlu; 24 January 1933 – 25 October 2000), was the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party.

Biography

From 3 December 1982, through 21 May 1988, Baghirov served as the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan SSR. After start and escalation of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he was replaced by Abdurrahman Vazirov. Baghirov is often blamed for deterioration of the economy of Azerbaijan which was boosted when his predecessor Heydar Aliyev was in office. He was also blamed for widespread corruption.^[2] From February 1988 when the conflict around Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) started, until his removal from office, Baghirov has been considered as an inactive leader who allowed exodus of ethnic Azerbaijanis from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, and inability to prevent the escalation of the conflict.^[3] Baghirov was bashed for his passiveness in allowing the NKAO's party leader, Boris Kevorkov to be replaced by Armenian nationalist, Genrikh Poghosyan subsequently causing the direct rule of NKAO by Moscow^[4]^[5]

References

^ "12-ci birinci katib – Kamran Bağırovun Azərbaycandan getmiş xanımı danışmaq istəmir – FOTOLAR". modern.az. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
^ Swietochowski, Tadeusz; Collins, Brian C. (1999). Historical dictionary of Azerbaijan. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 30. ISBN 0-8108-3550-9. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
^ "ДУМАЯ О ВРЕМЕНИ И ТРАНСФОРМИРУЯ ЭЛИТУ: ПРЕЕМСТВЕННОСТЬ И ИННОВАЦИОННОСТЬ" [Thinking about the time and transforming the elite: Succession and Innovation]. Bakinskiy Rabochiy. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
^ Cornell, Svante E. (2001). Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict in the Caucasus. United Kingdom: Curzon Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-7007-1162-7. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
^ De Waal, Thomas (2003). Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war. New York and London: New York University Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-8147-1944-9. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

Party political offices
Preceded by Heydar Aliyev	First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party 1982–1988	Succeeded by Abdurrahman Vazirov

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[1] "12-ci birinci katib – Kamran Bağırovun Azərbaycandan getmiş xanımı danışmaq istəmir – FOTOLAR". modern.az. Retrieved 24 January 2013.

[2] Swietochowski, Tadeusz; Collins, Brian C. (1999). Historical dictionary of Azerbaijan. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 30. ISBN 0-8108-3550-9. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[3] "ДУМАЯ О ВРЕМЕНИ И ТРАНСФОРМИРУЯ ЭЛИТУ: ПРЕЕМСТВЕННОСТЬ И ИННОВАЦИОННОСТЬ" [Thinking about the time and transforming the elite: Succession and Innovation]. Bakinskiy Rabochiy. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[4] Cornell, Svante E. (2001). Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict in the Caucasus. United Kingdom: Curzon Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-7007-1162-7. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[5] De Waal, Thomas (2003). Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war. New York and London: New York University Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-8147-1944-9. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

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v t e Leaders of Azerbaijan since 1918
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic	Heads of Parliament (1918-1920) Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh Alimardan Topchubashov
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1991)	First secretaries of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920-1991) Mirza Davud Huseynov (1920) Viktor Naneyshvily (1920) Elena Stasova (1920) Vladimir Dumbadze (1920) Grigory Kaminsky (1920–1921) Sergei Kirov (1921–1925) Ruhulla Akhundov (1925–1926) Levon Mirzoyan (1926–1929) Nikolai Gikalo (1929–1930) Vladimir Polonsky (1930–1933) Ruben Rubenov (1933) Mir Jafar Baghirov (1933–1953) Mir Teymur Yagubov (1953–1954) Imam Mustafayev (1954–1959) Vali Akhundov (1959–1969) Heydar Aliyev (1969–1982) Kamran Baghirov (1982–1988) Abdurrahman Vazirov (1988–1990) Ayaz Mutallibov (1990–1991)
Republic of Azerbaijan (1991-present)	Presidents of Azerbaijan Republic (1991-) Ayaz Mutallibov Yagub Mammadov^a Ayaz Mutallibov Isa Gambar^a Abulfaz Elchibey Heydar Aliyev Ilham Aliyev
(a) Denotes acting