Tahira Tahirova

From 1942 on, she worked at the Central Committee of Azerbaijan Communist Party and was in charge of delivering timely oil supplies to Soviet Army fighting the enemy on the frontlines during World War II.

[3] However, her work did not start until 1959 when she graduated from Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of USSR.

According to Soviet laws of the time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of a union republic was also in charge of other governmental duties.

During her term in office, she succeeded in separation of duties and at her request, was relieved from her additional positions within the government in 1968 and completely committed herself to diplomatic service.

She was a relative of the famous Azerbaijani poet Fatma Khanum Kamina and Mirza Hasan Tahirzadeh, the fourth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus.