Reza Hekmat

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Reza Hekmat
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31st Prime Minister of Iran
In office
18 December 1947 – 29 December 1947
MonarchMohammad Reza Shah
Preceded byAhmad Qavam
Succeeded byEbrahim Hakimi
12th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
In office
16 August 1953 – 5 August 1963
Preceded byAbdollah Moazemi
Succeeded byAbdollah Riazi
In office
25 March 1947 – 1 July 1952
Preceded byMohammad Sadeq Tabatabai'
Succeeded byAbol-Ghasem Kashani
Personal details
Born1891
Shiraz, Iran
Died15 March 1978(1978-03-15) (aged 86–87)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyDemocratic Party of Iran (1946–1948)[1]
Children2

Reza Hekmat (1891 – 15 March 1978) was a Prime Minister of Iran. He became Prime Minister of Iran on 18 December 1947 and was in office until 29 December 1947 for only 11 days.[2]

He was speaker of Parliament of Iran from 1947 to 1955.

He was born in Shiraz in 1891 and died in Tehran in 1978 at the age of 87. Some sources claim that Hekmat’s paternal family were Iranian Jews who had converted to Islam during the mid-nineteenth century.[3]

See also[]

  • Pahlavi Dynasty
  • List of Prime Ministers of Iran

References[]

  1. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 242. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  2. ^ Awsatí, Alí Rizā (2003). Iran in the Past Three Centuries. Tehran, Iran: Paktāb Publishing. ISBN 964-93406-6-1.
  3. ^ Milani, Abbas. Eminent Persians The Men and Women Who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979, Volumes One and Two.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ahmad Qavam
Prime Minister of Iran
1947
Succeeded by
Ebrahim Hakimi
Assembly seats
Preceded by
Mohammad Sadeq Tabatabai'
Chairman of the Parliament of Iran
1947–1955
Succeeded by
Abol-Ghasem Kashani


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