Ayaz Mutallibov
Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov (12 May 1938 – 27 March 2022) 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.
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Mutallibov in 2020 | |
| 1st President of Azerbaijan | |
| In office 18 May 1990 – 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 12 May 1938 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 27 March 2022 (aged 83) Baku, Azerbaijan |
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| Children | 2 |
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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. He was ousted from power in May 1992 when he tried to cancel the forthcoming presidential election.