Habib Rahim oghlu Hasanov (Azerbaijani: Həbib Rəhim oğlu Həsənov, August 5, 1922 — 2004) was an Azerbaijani statesman, Minister of Forestry of the Azerbaijan SSR (1981–1988), First Secretary of the Tovuz District Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan (1974–1980), First Secretary of the Amasia District Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia (1956–1960), Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, Honored Journalist of the Armenian SSR (1971).

Habib Hasanov
Həbib Həsənov
Minister of Forestry of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office
January 16, 1981 – September 1, 1988
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byoffice cancelled
Chairman of the State Forestry Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office
March 27, 1980 – January 16, 1981
Preceded byMehdi Mustafayev
Succeeded byoffice cancelled
The First Secretary of the Tovuz District Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan
In office
1974 – March 1980
Succeeded byHeybat Tahirov
Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR
The First Secretary of the Amasia District Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia
In office
1956–1960
Preceded byAleksan Kirakosyan
Succeeded byHuseyn Mammadov
Personal details
Born(1922-08-05)August 5, 1922
Aghzibir, Yeni Bayazid uezd, Armenian SSR, TSFSR
Died2004 (aged 81–82)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Political partyCPSU
Awards

Biography

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Habib Hasanov was born on August 5, 1922, in the village of Aghzibir, Armenian SSR. Since 1941, he worked as a teacher and later as a director of a village school in Azizbekov raion. Since 1947, he attended the Higher Party School in Moscow,[1] worked as a department head of the Azizbekov raion Party Committee of Armenia, the second secretary of the Echmiadzin Party Committee, and the First Secretary of the Amasia District.[2]

Since 1960, he had been the editor-in-chief of the Sovet Ermenistani newspaper, the Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR. From 1974, he worked as the First Secretary of the Tovuz District Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan, from 1980 as the Chairman of the State Forestry Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR, from 1981 to 1988 as the Minister of Forestry of the Azerbaijan SSR.[1]

He was repeatedly elected a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia, 5 times a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, 3 times a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Депутаты Верховного Совета Азербайджанской ССР. Девятый созыв (aze-ru). Баку: Азернешр. 1976. p. 362.
  2. ^ a b c d "WEST-LAND.AZ - QƏRBİ AZƏRBAYCAN: AZƏRBAYCANLILARA QARŞI GENOSİD DEMOQRAFİK STATİSTİKA GÜZGÜSÜNDƏ". west-land.az. Retrieved 2023-06-19.