Musa bey Rafiyev Musa bəy Rəfiyev |
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Minister of Healthcare and Social Security of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) | |
In office December 24, 1919 – March 30, 1920 |
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President |
Fatali Khan Khoyski Prime Minister, (Chairman of Azerbaijani Parliament) |
Preceded by | Valerian Klenevski |
Succeeded by | office terminated |
Minister of Social Security and Religious Affairs | |
In office October 6, 1918 – December 7, 1918 |
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Preceded by | office established |
Special Minister in care of Social Security and Refugee Affairs | |
In office June 17, 1918 – October 6, 1918 |
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Preceded by | portfolio established |
Succeeded by | portfolio terminated |
Personal details | |
Born | 1888 Ganja, Azerbaijan |
Died | 1938 Tabriz, Iran |
(aged 50)
Religion | Islam |
Musa bey Rafiyev Haji Mammadhuseyn oglu (Azerbaijani: Musa bəy Rəfiyev Hacı Məmmədhüseyn oğlu; 1888–1938), also known as Musa bey Rafibeyli (Azerbaijani: Musa bəy Rəfibəyli), was an Azerbaijani statesman who served as Special Minister in care of Social Security and Refugee Affairs in the second cabinet, Minister of Social Security and Healthcare in the fourth cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and was member of Azerbaijani National Council and later Parliament of Azerbaijan.
Rafiyev was born in Ganja, Azerbaijan in 1888. Son of local philanthropist Haji Mammadhuseyn Rafiyev, he received his elementary education at the madrasah of Shah Abbas Mosque and then at Ganja Classic Gymnasium. Musa Rafiyev had 6 brothers and 5 sisters. In 1911, he graduated from the Medical Department of Kharkov State University and returned to Ganja to start his medical practice. For exceptional services, he received several awards, among them Exemplar Council (1913), College Assessor (1914), Saray Council (1916). In 1914, in cooperation with Khudadat Rafibeyli and Hasan bey Aghayev, he co-founded the first Medical Society of Elisabethpol.