Gasham Shahbazov

Gasham Jalil oghlu Shahbazov (Azerbaijani: Qəşəm Cəlil oğlu Şahbazov, 1902 — 1989) was an Azerbaijani-Soviet statesman, First Secretary of the Zangibasar District Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia (1947-1950).

[1] In 1928, Gasham Shahbazov entered the Samad Aghamalioghlu technical school in Baku, then continued his education at the Azerbaijan State Agricultural Institute in Ganja.

In 1942, he was taken to military service in the ranks of the Red Army, but after a few days he was returned from Tbilisi and appointed to the post of newspaper editor in the Karabakhlar District.

In 1950, he was removed from the post of the first secretary of the district in connection with his protest against the deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia and was sent to study at the Baku Higher Party School.

[2] After completing his education, he was assigned to help with construction works in the city of Sumgait, and after a while, he was appointed the chairman of the "Komsomol" collective farm in Shamkhor District.