Mustafa Vakilov

Mustafa bey Nadir Agha oglu Vakilov (Azerbaijani: Mustafa bəy Nadir ağa oğlu Vəkilov; 1886 – 1965)[1] was an Azerbaijani public figure, politician and diplomat. He served as the Minister of Internal Affairs. Vakilov was the youngest Azerbaijani minister.

Mustafa Vakilov Mustafa Vəkilov
Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR)
In office February 15, 1920 – April 28, 1920
President	Nasib Yusifbeyli (Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament)
Preceded by	Mammad Hasan Hajinski
Succeeded by	Hamid Sultanov (Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR)
Personal details
Born	1896 (1896) Qazakh, Elisavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	1965 (1966) (aged 66) Amasya, Turkey

Early life

Vakilov was born in 1899 in Salahlı village located in the Qazakh district of the Elisavetpol Governorate. He graduated from the Baku gymnasium and entered the Law Department of the Moscow State University in 1912. That's where he got involved in Azerbaijani national movement. His uncle Mammad Rza Vakilov and close relative Alimardan Topchubashev played significant role in his ideological development. He later worked as a consultant to the Commissar for Internal Affairs of Transcaucasian Commissariat Akaki Chkhenkeli. He was also one of the most active members of the Muslim faction of Transcaucasian Sejm.

Political career

Azerbaijani students Mira bay Vazirov, İskəndər Rzazadə, Mustafa bəy Vəkilov in Paris, 1920

Vakilov was affiliated with Musavat Party and served as its second chairman.[2][3] He was a deputy to National Assembly of Azerbaijan. He was a member of Financial Budgetary Appropriations Commission within the parliament along with Mammad Emin Rasulzade and Nariman Narimanbeyov. Vakilov then served in the 5th cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic under Nasib Yusifbeyli as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. On February 15, 1920 he was appointed the Minister of Internal Affairs. He was the youngest minister within ADR government.[4] With establishment of Soviet authority in Azerbaijan on April 28, 1920 Vakilov fled to Turkey.[5][6]

He died in Amasya, Turkey in 1965.

See also

• Azerbaijani National Council

References

1. NƏZİRLİ, ŞƏMİSTAN (2002). TOPOQRAF - GENERAL İBRAHİM AĞA VƏKİLOV (PDF). Baku: Zaman. p. 29. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
2. Труды Общества изучения истории отечественных спецслужб. Volume 3. Baku. 2007. p. 406. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
3. "Военнослужащие - племянники генерала Алиага Шихлинского". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
4. "Судьба Векиловых". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
5. "RAMİL USUBOVUN DAXİLİ İŞLƏR NAZİRİ TƏYİN EDİLMƏSİNİN 13 İLİ TAMAM OLUR". Media forum. 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
6. "Azərbaycan Polisinin 92 yaşı oldu". ANS Press. 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2011-02-03.