Nariman Karbalayi Najaf oghlu Narimanov was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary, writer, publicist, politician and statesman. For just over one year, beginning in May 1920, Narimanov headed the government of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. He was subsequently elected chairman of the Union Council of the Transcaucasian SFSR. He was also Party Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union from 30 December 1922 until his death.
- Occupation
- politician, writer, playwright, physician
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
- Born
- April 14, 1870
- Died
- March 19, 1925
