Mammad Yusif Jafarov
| Mammad Yusif Jafarov Məmməd Yusif Cəfərov |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) | |
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In office March 14, 1919 – December 22, 1919 |
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| Preceded by | Fatali Khan Khoyski |
| Succeeded by | Fatali Khan Khoyski |
| Deputy Speaker of National Assembly of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) | |
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In office February 2, 1920 – April 27, 1920 |
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| Preceded by | Hasan bey Aghayev |
| Succeeded by | Office eliminated |
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March 14, 1885 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Died | May 15, 1938 (aged 53) Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Political party | Musavat |
| Religion | Islam |
Mammad Yusif Jafarov Hajibaba oglu (Azerbaijani: Məmməd Yusif Cəfərov Hacıbaba oğlu ; March 14, 1885 - May 15, 1938) was an Azerbaijani statesman.
Jafarov was born on March 14, in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was the younger brother of a prominent professor and journalist, Ali Isgender Jafarzadeh. After completion of his secondary education, Jafarov studied in at Moscow State University graduating with a cum laude degree in law in 1912. While in Moscow, he was one of the organizers of regular ethnic Azerbaijani concerts and co-founders of Azerbaijani diaspora organizations.
In 1912, when Fourth Duma of Russian Empire convened in Saint Petersburg, Mammad Yusif Jafarov was elected by the Muslim population of Baku, Ganja and Erivan governorates to represent them in state parliament. In Saint Petersburg, he joined Constitutional Democratic Party (also known as Kadets). While in the Duma, he repeatedly criticized Tsar's government for their unjust colonization policy in Azerbaijan. On March 9, immediately after Russia's February Revolution, the interim government established the Transcaucasian Committee of the Duma. Jafarov was one of the members of the committee managed the industrial and economic operations. On November 15, 1917, he was appointed Commissar of Industry and Trade of Transcaucasian Commissariat.
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