Background
Hajinsky was born in Quba on June 14, 1888.
politician publicist State Controller
Hajinsky was born in Quba on June 14, 1888.
In 1912, he graduated from Law Department of St. Petersburg University.
He served in the first, fourth and fifth cabinets of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic as its State Controller and Minister of Postal Service and Telegraph. He was one of noble figures who played a role in the development of Azerbaijani art Along with his relative Mammad Hasan Hajinski, he was one of the co-signers of Proclamation of Independence of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Once the Transcaucasian Republic dissolved, Jamo bey Hajinski was elected to the Presidium of Azerbaijani National Council, an Azerbaijani governing body which would establish sovereignty in Azerbaijan.
After establishment of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on May 28, 1918 he served as the State Controller in Fatali Khan Khoyski"s newly formed first government, and as the Minister of Transportation, Postal Service and Telegraph in Nasib Yusifbeyli"s fourth and fifth governments. After Bolshevik invasion of Azerbaijan on April 28, 1920, he worked in education sector until his arrest in 1922 by Soviet authorities.
He was held in prison for 3 years and then sent to Solovki prison camp in Russia. Even though he was released in 1928 and returned to Baku, Hajinski was arrested anew in 1938 and sent to Vyatka prison camp in Kirov Oblast of Russia where he died in 1942.
In 1956, after his death he was declared as not guilty of any crime.
