Second cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic


Second cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic governed Azerbaijan Democratic Republic between June 17, 1918 and December 7, 1918. It was formed after the first cabinet of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic dissolved and was led by Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Fatali Khan Khoyski with the following composition:
State AgencyMinisterPeriodParty
Prime MinisterFatali Khan KhoyskiMay 28, 1918 – April 14, 1919Independent
Minister of Foreign AffairsMammad Hasan HajinskiMay 28, 1918 – October 6, 1918Musavat
Minister of Education and Religious AffairsNasib YusifbeyliJune 17, 1918 – March 4, 1919Musavat
Minister of Internal AffairsBehbud Khan JavanshirJune 17, 1918 – December 26, 1918Independent
acting Minister of Defense;
Envoy to Karabakh and Zangezur		Khosrov bey SultanovJune 17, 1918 – January 15, 1919Musavat
Minister of HealthcareKhudadat RafibayovJune 17, 1918 – April 28, 1920Musavat
Minister of Transportation, Postal Service and Telegraph
Khudadat bey Malik-AslanovMay 28, 1918 – April 28, 1918Muslim Socialist Bloc
Minister of Industry and TradeAgha AshurovJune 17, 1918 – October 6, 1918Musavat
Minister of Postal Service and TelegraphAgha AshurovOctober 6, 1918 – December 26, 1918Musavat
Minister of FinanceAbdulali bey AmirjanovJune 17, 1918 - October 6, 1918Independent
State ControllerAbdulali bey AmirjanovOctober 6, 1918 – December 7, 1918Independent
Special Minister in care of Social Security
and Refugee Affairs		Musa bey RafiyevJune 17, 1918 – October, 1918Musavat
Minister of Social Security and Religious AffairsMusa bey RafiyevOctober, 1918 - December 7, 1918Musavat

On October 6, 1918, when the government of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic moved to Baku, it conducted a few administrative reforms. The Ministry of Transportation, Postal Service and Telegraph was split into Ministry of Transportation and Ministry of Postal Service and Telegraph. and a new Ministry of Social Security and Religious Affairs was established.
Among notable contributions of the second cabinet are declaration of Azerbaijani language the state language of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on June 27, 1918; declaration of red banner with white crescent and eight pointed star the first flag of the country on June 24, 1918 and changing it to a tri-color Azerbaijani flag which is the state flag of Azerbaijan Republic today.