Mirgasim Cheshmazer

Mirgasim Mikayil oghlu Chashmazer was born in 1920.

He was a member of the Tabriz Committee of the Tudeh Party established in 1944.^[1] He was a member of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party.^[2][3] From December 10, 1945, to January 15, 1946, he served as the commander of the Tabriz loyalist units.^[4] From January to June 1946, he was an assistant to S. J. Pishevari.^[5] On April 26, 1946, he became the head of the Tabriz radio station established near the Azerbaijan Radio Committee.^[6][7] On September 3, 1946, on the first anniversary of the establishment of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party, he was honored with the "Sattarkhan" order for his participation in the national democratic movement.^[8][9] In 1946, at the initiative of S. J. Pishevari, Mirgasim Chashmazer, and others, the "Babak Resistance Unit" was formed to resist the entry of the Tehran army into Azerbaijan^[10]

After the dissolution of the Azerbaijan People's Government, he came to Baku. There, he defended his academic work on "The Formation and Activity of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party" and obtained a doctoral degree in history sciences as a nominee for history. He engaged in scholarly activities at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in the Department of "Southern Azerbaijan History".^[11]

In 1954, Mirgasim Cheshmazer was elected president of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party through elections during the party's conference.^[12] He held the position of president of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party from 1954 to 1959.^[13][14] He was also involved in the beginnings of the Azerbaijan National Liberation Movement in 1988.

He died in the year 2000.