Azerbaijani Democratic Party
Political party in Iran
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The Azerbaijan Democratic Party (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان دموکرات فرقهسی, romanized: Azərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsi; Persian: فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان, romanized: Ferqa-ye demokrāt-e Āzarbāyjān) was a pro-Soviet, separatist, and pan-Turkist party founded by Jafar Pishevari in Tabriz, Iran, in September 1945.[6][5] It depended on the Soviet Union and was supported by it.[6] The ADP was founded as an opposition party against the Pahlavi dynasty. The Soviet-supported Tudeh Party dissolved its Azerbaijan chapter and ordered its members to join the ADP. The ADP ruled the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan People's Government from 1945 until 1946 with Pishevari as premier.
FounderMir Jafar Baghirov[2]
Founded3 September 1945[2]
Azerbaijani Democratic Party آذربایجان دموکرات فرقهسی | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Jafar Pishevari |
| Chairman | Ghulam Yahya Daneshian[1] |
| Founder | Mir Jafar Baghirov[2] |
| Founded | 3 September 1945[2] |
| Dissolved | 1960[1] |
| Split from | Tudeh Party of Iran |
| Merged into | Tudeh Party of Iran[1] |
| Headquarters | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR (1946–60)[2] Tabriz, Iran (1945–46)[2] |
| Ideology | Azerbaijani nationalism[3] Left-wing nationalism Communism Marxism-Leninism Pan-Turkism[4] Separatism[5] |
| Political position | Far-left |
