Ali Taghizade

Ali Ali oghlu Taghizade (, April 3, 1883 – February 3, 1966) was an Azerbaijani-Soviet revolutionary and statesman, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959–1963), People's Commissar of Social Security of the Armenian SSR (1929–1932), First Secretary of the Vedi District Party Committee (1933–1935).

Biography

Early life and revolutionary activity

Ali Taghizade was born on April 3, 1883, in Tbilisi. From an early age, he dropped out of primary school and began working as a master apprentice in a paint shop. He joined the revolutionary movement in 1903 and became a member of the RSDLP in June 1906. Ali Taghizade, along with other Bolsheviks, took an active part in the establishment of Hummet's branches in Tbilisi, Nakhchivan, Julfa and other cities on behalf of the party.

In 1907, Ali Taghizade was sent to South Azerbaijan by the RSDLP Caucasus Union Committee to help workers and peasants who rebelled against the Gajar government. He worked with the Bolsheviks H. Tanriverdiyev, I. Mikaladze, S. Banvoryan and others. After returning to Tbilisi, he took part in organizing the sending of ammunition to the Iranian revolutionaries. For this activity he was arrested by the secret service in August 1908 and placed in the fortress of Metex. He was released from prison due to lack of convincing evidence. In 1911, he went to Iran for the second time on behalf of the party and carried out revolutionary propaganda there. He was arrested as an enemy of the people in 1938, but was released in 1940. and in 1959-1963 he was its chairman. In the last years of his life he served as chairman of the Revolutionary Glory Council under the Central Committee of the Leninist Communist Youth Union of Azerbaijan. One of the streets in Baku is named after him.