Gazanfar Musabekov

Gazanfar Mahmud oghlu Musabeyov or Musabekov (Azerbaijani: Qəzənfər Mahmud oğlu Musabəyov, 26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1888, Perebidil, Baku Governorate – 9 February 1938, Moscow) was an Azerbaijani Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet statesman. He was Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR from 1929 to 1931, and he headed the government of the Transcaucasian SFSR from 1931 to 1936. During the Great Purge, Musabekov was arrested (June 1937), accused of plotting against the Soviet state, sentenced to death and executed on 9 February 1938, after his mother.

Gazanfar Musabekov Qəzənfər Mahmud oğlu Musabəyov
Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR
In office 1929–1931
General Secretary	Joseph Stalin
Personal details
Born	26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1888 Pirəbədil, Perebidil, Baku Governorate
Died	9 February 1938(1938-02-09) (aged 49) NKVD Prison, Tbilisi, Soviet Union
Citizenship	Soviet
Nationality	Azerbaijani
Political party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Alma mater	Saint Vladimir University

An Azerbaijani cargo ship is named after him.