Mir Jafar Baghirov
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Mir Jafar Abbas oglu Baghirov (Azerbaijani: Mir Cəfər Abbas oğlu Bağırov, 1895 - 1956) was the communist leader of Azerbaijan SSR from 1932 till 1953, under the Soviet leadership of Joseph Stalin. During 1915-1917, M.J.Baghirov worked as a school teacher in a village. During 1918 - 1921, he participated in Bolshevik revolution and Russian civil war in ranks of a commander of regiment, military commissar of Azerbaijani division, advisor of the Caucasus corps of the Russian military command, and the head of revolutionary tribunal of Azerbaijani division. In 1932, M. J. Baghirov became the People's Commissar of Azerbaijan SSR and from 1933 till 1953 was the first secretary of the Central Committee of Azerbaijani Communist Party. In 1953, the bureau of the Central Committee of Azerbaijani Communist party appointed M. J. Baghirov to head the Council of Ministers.
