Gazanfar Musabekov

Gazanfar Mahmud oghlu Musabeyov or Musabekov (Azerbaijani: غضنفر محمود اوغلی موسی‌بگوف, Qəzənfər Mahmud oğlu Musabəyov, 26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1888 – 9 February 1938) was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman. He was Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR from 1929 to 1931, and he headed the government of the Transcaucasian SFSR from 1931 to 1936. During the Great Purge, Musabekov was arrested (June 1937), accused of plotting against the Soviet state, sentenced to death and executed by a firing squad on 9 February 1938, after his mother. His sister Ayna Sultanova and brother-in-law Hamid Sultanov, both high ranking Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionaries and politicians, were also executed in 1938.

Musabekov with Stalin during a speech of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union in December 1928.

Gazanfar Musabekov
Qəzənfər Musabəyov
Musabekov in 1935
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office 1929–1931
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Personal details
Born	26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1888 Pirəbədil, Perebidil, Baku Governorate
Died	9 February 1938(1938-02-09) (aged 49) NKVD Prison, Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater	Saint Vladimir University

An Azerbaijani cargo ship is named after him.

References

• "Biography of Musabekov, Gazanfar". Archontology. Archived from the original on 2024-03-02. Retrieved 2025-04-01.