Ja'far Pishevari
Ja'far Pishevari | |
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| President of Azerbaijan People's Government | |
| In office 2 November 1945 – 15 November 1946 | |
| Member-elect of the Parliament of Iran | |
| In office Admission refused on 13 July 1944 | |
| Constituency | Tabriz |
| Interior Minister of the Persian Socialist Soviet Republic | |
| In office 1921 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jafar Javadzadeh August 26, 1892 Zaviyeh-ye Sadat, Khalkhal, Sublime State of Persia |
| Died | June 11, 1947 (aged 54) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Car crash |
| Citizenship | Iran Soviet Union |
| Political party | Azerbaijani Democratic Party |
| Other political affiliations | |
Sayyed Ja'far Pishevari (Persian: سید جعفر پیشهوری; Azerbaijani: Seyid Cəfər Pişəvəri; Russian: Сеид Джафар Пишевари; 26 August 1892 – 11 June 1947) was an Iranian Azerbaijani communist politician who most-notably founded and led the Azerbaijani Democratic Party, the founding and ruling party of the Azerbaijan People's Government, the short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946.