Azerbaijani Democratic Party

The Azerbaijan Democratic Party (Azerbaijani: آذربایجان دموکرات فرقه‌سی, romanized: Azərbaycan Demokrat Firqəsi; Persian: فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان, romanized: Ferqa-ye demokrāt-e Āḏarbāyjān) was a communist party supported by the Soviet Union and founded by Jafar Pishevari in Tabriz, Iran, in September 1945. ADP was founded as an opposition party against the Pahlavi dynasty. Soviet-supported Tudeh party dissolved its Azerbaijan chapter and ordered its members to join ADP. The ADP ruled the Soviet-backed Azerbaijan People's Government from 1945 until 1946 with Pishevari as premier.

Azerbaijani Democratic Party
LeaderJafar Pishevari
ChairmanGhulam Yahya Daneshian[1]
FounderMir Jafar Baghirov[2]
Founded3 September 1945[2]
Dissolved1960[1]
Split fromTudeh Party of Iran
Merged intoTudeh Party of Iran[1]
HeadquartersBaku, USSR (1946–60)[2]
Tabriz, Iran (1945–46)[2]
IdeologyAzerbaijani nationalism[3]
Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Political positionFar-left

References

  1. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982), Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, p. 455, ISBN 0-691-10134-5
  2. Ahmadoghlu, Ramin (2019), "Azerbaijani National Identity in Iran, 1921–1946: Roots, Development, and Limits", The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, 10 (3): 253–278, doi:10.1080/21520844.2019.1656455
  3. Yolaçan, Serkan (2019), "Azeri networks through thick and thin: West Asian politics from a diasporic eye", Journal of Eurasian Studies, 10 (1): 36–47, doi:10.1177/1879366518814936
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