Ja'far Pishevari (1892–1947)
Born 1892 CE, died 1947 CE.
Sayyed Ja'far Pishevari (Persian: سید جعفر پیشهوری; Azerbaijani: Seyid Cəfər Pişəvəri; Russian: Сеид Джафар Пишевари; 26 August 1892 – 11 June 1947) was an Iranian Azerbaijani communist politician who most-notably founded and led the Azerbaijani Democratic Party, the founding and ruling party of the Azerbaijan People's Government, the short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in northern Iran from November 1945 to December 1946.
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