Fatali Khan Khoyski

Fətəli Xan İsgəndər oglu Xoyski (Russian Фатали Хан Хойский / Fatali Khan Choiski; born December 7, 1875 in Sheki, † June 19, 1920 in Tbilisi ) was an Azerbaijani politician and the first Prime Minister of his country.

Fətəli Xoyski was the son of a Russian Lieutenant General, his nobles, coming from the room Xoy family had moved after the Russo - Persian war after Şəki. He attended school and graduated in Ganja in 1901 to study law at the University of Moscow from. He then worked as a lawyer, judge, and most recently as a prosecutor in various places in the Caucasus.

In February 1907, he was elected as a deputy in the Russian Duma second, where he remained until its dissolution by decree of Tsar in June 1907. Then he was again working as a lawyer in the judicial districts of Baku and Ganja to the abdication of the Tsar in February 1917. Then he sat down - he belonged to no party - on the taking place as a result of the uprising in St. Petersburg Musavat congress for the independence of Azerbaijan from Russia. In December 1917 he was elected to the Transcaucasian Seym and was a first government of the Transcaucasian Federation, as Minister of Justice. The Transcaucasian Federation was until May 1918.