Garib Karimoğlu
Garib Karimoğlu | |
|---|---|
| member of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic | |
| In office 1918–1920 | |
| Appointed by | Azerbaijan Democratic Republic |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1870 Xaçmaz, Nukha uezd, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1926 Padar, Oghuz, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
Garib Mahammadkarim oğlu Karimoğlu or Garib Yüzbashi (born 1870, Xaçmaz, Nukha uezd, - d. 1926, Padar, Oghuz, Azerbaijan, Soviet Union) — member of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, chairman of the executive committee of Vartashen district, member of the Ahrar Party.
Life[edit]
Garib Karimoglu was born in Khachmaz in 1870 and moved to Padar village in 1912. He served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army. In 1912, on his initiative, a machine was brought to Azerbaijan from Germany for the first time to obtain flour. That car is currently kept as a monument in the neighboring village of Yemişanli.[1]
During the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, Garib Karimoglu was the chairman of the executive committee of Vartashen district of Sheki district. On December 15, 1918, Garib Karimoglu was elected a member of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from Nukha district. He was a member of the Ahrar faction in the parliament. On April 24, 1919, he was elected a member of the Land Commission of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. On March 11, he resigned from his position due to illness.[1][2]
After Azerbaijan was occupied by the Bolsheviks, it gave all its wealth to the Bolsheviks. Although the Bolsheviks wanted to arrest him, the local population prevented it.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c AXCE, II cild 2005, p. 87.
- ^ Nəzirli 1999, p. 49.