Gholam-Ali Farivar

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Gholam-Ali Farivar
Ambassador of Iran to Switzerland
In office
1979–1980
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Minister of Industries
In office
1961–1962
Prime MinisterAli Amini
Member of the Parliament
In office
7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946
ConstituencyTehran
Personal details
Born
Gholam-Ali Farivar Tehrani[1]

1905/1906
Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
Political party
Alma materUniversity of Paris
OccupationEngineer

Gholam-Ali Farivar (Persian: غلامعلی فریور) was an Iranian engineer and politician.

Early life and education[]

Farivar was born in 1905[2] or 1906 in a middle-class family in Enzeli, Gilan Province.[3] He studied engineering at University of Paris.[3]

Career[]

He was one of the early leaders of Iran Party,[3] having previously been a member of the Comrades Party's central committee.[4] In the 1944 Iranian legislative election, he was elected to the parliament along with five other fellow members of Iran Party.[3] He was among figures who played a role in establishment of the United Front of Progressive Parties, a coalition including the communist Tudeh Party of Iran.[5]

He served as industry minister in the cabinet of Ali Amini.[6] For some time, he was also chairman of board of directors of Mortgage Bank of Iran, as well as an advisor to the Ministry of Commerce.[2]

After the Iranian Revolution, Farivar was appointed as the ambassador to Switzerland.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Middle East Economic Digest, vol. 23, 1979, p. 23
  2. ^ a b Iran Who's who, vol. 3, Echo of Iran, 1976, p. 161
  3. ^ a b c d Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  4. ^ Elwell-Sutton, L. P. (January 1949). "Political Parties in Iran 1941-1948". Middle East Journal. Middle East Institute. 3 (1): 45–62. JSTOR 4322041.
  5. ^ Haddad Adel, Gholamali; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar; Taromi-Rad, Hassan (31 August 2012). "Iran Party". Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. p. 146. ISBN 9781908433022.
  6. ^ "Presse- und Informationsamt", Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung (in German), Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, 1962, p. 321


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