Tahir Salahov (<a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijani_language">Azerbaijani</a>, 29 November 1928 – 21 May 2021) was a <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union">Soviet</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan">Azerbaijani</a> painter and draughtsman. He was First Secretary of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artists%27_Union_of_the_USSR">Artists' Union of the USSR</a> (1973–1992), Vice-President of the <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Academy_of_Arts">Russian Academy of Arts</a>, member of over 20 academies and other creative organizations throughout the world, including academies of art of <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France">France</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain">Spain</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany">Germany</a>, and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria">Austria</a>. He was awarded the honorary titles <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Artist_of_the_USSR">People's Artist of the USSR</a> (1973), and <a target="_blank" rel="ugc" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Artist_of_the_Azerbaijani_SSR">People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR</a>.

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