Yevsey Gindes

Yevsey Yakovlevich Gindes (, ; 1872–1954), was an Azerbaijani statesman and pediatrician of Jewish origin who served as the Minister of Healthcare of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Azerbaijani National Council and later Parliament of Azerbaijan. Gindes is considered the founder of modern pediatrics science in Azerbaijan.

Early years Gindes was born on 17 October 1872 in Kiev, Ukraine. He graduated from Medical Department of Kiev State University in 1897 and immediately started working at Chernov clinic, where he was the director of the Children's Infections department for eight years. At the same time, he conducted research in Kiev Bacteriology Institute and published seven scientific works on children's diseases. The same year, he founded Baku Society of Pediatricians which he chaired himself until the organization was incorporated into a branch of the Baku University.

Gindes died in Baku from natural causes on 5 September 1954.