Ali Karimov

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Ali Karimov
Əli Kərimov
Chairman of the State Labor and Social Affairs Committee
In office
13 October 1987 – 22 May 1991[a]
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySvetlana Gasimova
Chairman of the State Labor Committee
In office
20 December 1980 – 13 October 1987
Preceded byZiya Kurmakayev
Succeeded byPosition abolished
First Secretary of the Baku City Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party
In office
7 May 1970 – 22 December 1980
Preceded byAbdulla Gadirov
Succeeded byVagif Huseynov
Chairman of the People's Control Committee
In office
22 December 1965 – 7 May 1970
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHajibaba Afandiyev
Chairman of the Party-State Control Commission
In office
27 December 1962 – 22 December 1965
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
In office
4 February 1960 – 22 December 1965
PremierMamed Iskenderov
Anvar Alikhanov
Minister of Internal Affairs
In office
13 August 1956 – 4 February 1960
Preceded byAndrey Bulyga
Succeeded byKhalil Mammadov
Personal details
Born(1919-09-20)20 September 1919
Baku, Baku Governorate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Died4 June 2000(2000-06-04) (aged 80)
Baku, Azerbaijan
Resting placeYasamal cemetery
Political partyCPSU
EducationAzerbaijan Institute of Industry

Ali Habib oghlu Karimov (Azerbaijani: Əli Həbib oğlu Kərimov; 20 September 1919 – 4 June 2000) was an Azerbaijani politician who held various high-ranking positions in the Azerbaijan SSR. His career included roles such as the Minister of Internal Affairs, the First Secretary of the Baku City Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party, and the Chairman of the State Labor Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR.

Early life and career[edit]

Ali Habib oghlu Karimov was born in 1919 in Baku to a working class family. After finishing high school in 1937, he studied at the Faculty of Oil Mechanics at the Azerbaijan Institute of Industry. During his studies, he became the secretary of the faculty and later the institute's Komsomol organization.[1] In 1942, he graduated from the institute[2] and in later years, he pursued part-time education at the Higher Party School of the Central Committee of the CPSU.[3]

From 1942, Ali Karimov worked as an inspector at the Dzerzhinsky plant and later as the deputy head of the control department. He also led the factory's Komsomol organization.[1] Following this, he became more involved in Komsomol work and in 1943, was elected secretary of the Komsomol committee of the Orjonikidze district and became a member Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1944–1945, he served as the Secretary of the Baku Komsomol committee, and from 1945 to 1947, as the First Secretary.[2]

Political career[edit]

In October 1947, Ali Karimov was elected the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Leninist Young Communist League of Azerbaijan. He participated in the congress of the World Federation of Democratic Youth held in Budapest as part of the Soviet delegation. He was also a member of the Central Committee of the Komsomol.[4]

From 1952 to 1956, Ali Karimov served as the head of a department in the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party.[5] From 1956 to 1960, he was the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR, and from 1960 to 1965, the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers. During that period, from 1962 to 1965, he was also a Secretary of the Central Committee and the Chairman of the Party-State Control Commission of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan CP and the Council of Ministers. From 1965 to 1970, he served as the Chairman of the People's Control Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR.[6]

In 1970, Ali Karimov was elected the First Secretary of the Baku City Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party and led the city of Baku until 1980. In 1980, he became the Chairman of the State Labor Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR.[7] From 1990 to 1992, he headed the Central Election Commission for People's Deputies Elections of Azerbaijan.

Ali Karimov was a member of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party from 1953 to 1981, being a bureau member from 1962 to 1966 and from 1971 to 1981, and a candidate bureau member from 1966 to 1971.[7] He was elected deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR for five convocations (3rd, 5th, 8th–10th) and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR for five convocations (2nd, 4th–7th), as well as a deputy of the Baku City Workers' Deputies Council.

Ali Karimov died on June 5, 2000.[8] He was buried in Yasamal cemetery.

Explanatory notes[edit]

  1. ^ After Azerbaijan SSR was renamed Republic of Azerbaijan on 5 February 1991, Ali Karimov kept his position as Chairman of the State Labor and Social Affairs Committee of the republic

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Альбом плакатов-биографий депутатов Верховного Совета Азербайджанской ССР четвертого созыва. 6 марта 1955 года (in Azerbaijani (Cyrillic script)). Baku. 1956. p. 76.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b Prominent personalities in the USSR. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. 1968. p. 255–256.
  3. ^ Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Советинин депутатлары. Алтынҹы чағырыш (in Azerbaijani (Cyrillic script)). Baku: Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Советинин нәшри. 1965. p. 163.
  4. ^ "Әли Һәбиб оғлу Кәримов". Коммунист (in Azerbaijani (Cyrillic script)). No. 42 (8254). 28 February 1950. p. 3.
  5. ^ Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Советинин депутатлары. Једдинҹи чағырыш (in Azerbaijani (Cyrillic script)). Baku: Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Советинин нәшри. 1968. p. 201.
  6. ^ Who's Who in the Socialist Countries. New York: Saur. 1978. p. 277. ISBN 0-89664-011-6.
  7. ^ a b Who's who in the Soviet Union. München; New York; London; Paris: Saur. 1984. p. 148–149. ISBN 3-598-10467-7.
  8. ^ "Әли Һәбиб оғлу Кәримов". Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani). No. 126 (2537). 6 June 2000. p. 6.
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