Ali Karimov
Native nameƏli Kərimov
OfficeChairman of the State Labor and Social Affairs Committee
Term start13 October 1987
Term end22 May 1991[a]
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorSvetlana Gasimova
Office 2Chairman of the State Labor Committee
Term start 220 December 1980
Term end 213 October 1987
Predecessor 2Ziya Kurmakayev
Successor 2Position abolished
Office 3First Secretary of the Baku City Committee of the Azerbaijan Communist Party
Term start 37 May 1970
Term end 322 December 1980
Predecessor 3Abdulla Gadirov
Successor 3Vagif Huseynov
Office 4Chairman of the People's Control Committee
Term start 422 December 1965
Term end 47 May 1970
Predecessor 4Position established
Successor 4Hajibaba Afandiyev
Office 5Chairman of the Party-State Control Commission
Term start 527 December 1962
Term end 522 December 1965
Predecessor 5Position established
Successor 5Position abolished
Office 6Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Term start 64 February 1960
Term end 622 December 1965
Premier 6Mamed Iskenderov
Anvar Alikhanov
Office 7Minister of Internal Affairs
Term start 713 August 1956
Term end 74 February 1960
Predecessor 7Andrey Bulyga
Successor 7Khalil Mammadov
Birth date20 September 1919
Birth placeBaku, Baku Governorate, Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
Death date4 June 2000 (aged 80)
Death placeBaku, Azerbaijan
Resting placeYasamal cemetery
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

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

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

  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

  1. ^ Альбом плакатов-биографий депутатов Верховного Совета Азербайджанской ССР четвертого созыва. 6 марта 1955 года (in az-cyrl). Baku. 1956. p. 76.
  2. ^ Prominent personalities in the USSR. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. 1968. pp. 255–256.
  3. ^ Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Советинин депутатлары. Алтынҹы чағырыш (in az-cyrl). Baku: Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Советинин нәшри. 1965. p. 163.
  4. ^ "Әли Һәбиб оғлу Кәримов" (in az-cyrl). Коммунист. No. 42 (8254). 28 February 1950. p. 3.
  5. ^ Азәрбајҹан ССР Али Советинин депутатлары. Једдинҹи чағырыш (in az-cyrl). 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. ^ Who's who in the Soviet Union. München; New York; London; Paris: Saur. 1984. pp. 148–149. ISBN 3-598-10467-7.
  8. ^ "Әли Һәбиб оғлу Кәримов" (in Azerbaijani). Azerbaijan. No. 126 (2537). 6 June 2000. p. 6.