Tahira Tahirova

Tahira Tahirova
Tahirə Tahirova
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan SSR
In office
1959–1983
PresidentVali Akhundov, Heydar Aliyev, Kamran Baghirov (First Secretaries of Azerbaijan Communist Party)
Preceded byMahmud Aliyev
Succeeded byElmira Qafarova
Personal details
Born(1913-11-07)7 November 1913
Died26 October 1991(1991-10-26) (aged 77)
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Tahira Akbar qizi Tahirova (Azerbaijani: Tahirə Əkbər qızı Tahirova, Russian: Таи́ра Акпе́ровна Таи́рова; 7 November 1913 – 26 October 1991) was a Soviet politician and diplomat. She served as Foreign Minister of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic from 1959 to 1983.

She was the first Azerbaijani woman specialist to receive higher education in the oil industry.