Sadegh Amirazizi

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Sadegh Amirazizi
Minister of Interior
In office
March 1961 – 9 March 1963
Prime MinisterJafar Sharif Emami
Ali Amini
Asadollah Alam
In office
1978–1978
Prime MinisterGholam Reza Azhari
Personal details
Born1905
Tehran, Iran
Died1992 (aged 86–87)
Paris, France
Resting placeBehest e Zahra, Tehran
NationalityIranian
Military career
AllegianceImperial Iran
Service/branchImperial Iranian Army
RankMajor general

Sadegh Amirazizi (1905–1992) was an Imperial Iranian army general and a politician who served as the minister of interior three times during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Following the 1979 revolution he left Iran and settled in Paris, France. He died there in 1993 and buried in Behest e Zahra Cemetery in Iran.

Early life and education[]

Amirazizi was born in Tehran in 1905.[1] His father was Seyyed Azizullah.[1] After completing his primary and secondary education at Tarbiat School he entered the officer's college.[2] He joined the army headed by Reza Shah in October 1924 with the rank of second lieutenant and began to work an aide to the Gilan Independent Regiment.[2]

In 1941 Amirazizi was promoted to the rank of colonel and he studied at the University of War.[2]

Career[]

Following graduation Amirazizi worked at different divisions of the army.[2] In 1946 he was named the deputy dean of the officer's college in Tehran and was promoted to the rank of major general in 1947.[2] He served as the head of the appeals court during the trial of Mohammad-Vali Gharani, an Iranian military officer, who was accused of planning a coup d'état against the Pahlavi regime in 1958.[3] He was appointed minister of interior in March 1961 to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Jafar Sharif Emami.[1] He continued to serve in the same post in the next cabinet led by Prime Minister Ali Amini and then in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Asadollah Alam and remained in office until 9 March 1963.[1]

Amirazizi was named governor of Khorasan in May 1963[4] and then became the deputy head of Astan Quds Razavi, a royal foundation which managed the Imam Reza shrine.[2] In early 1978, he was appointed patron of Astan Quds Razavi, but soon he resigned from the office.[2] Amirazizi was named minister of interior to the military government led by Gholam Reza Azhari.[2]

Later life and death[]

After the 1979 revolution Amirazizi settled in Paris and died there in 1992.[2] He was buried in Beheshte Zahra Cemetery in Iran.[2]

Recognition[]

Amirazizi was the recipient of Spain's order of civil merit.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "از فرماندهی لشکر تا وزارت کشور". Donya e Eqtisad. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Sakine Karimi (14 December 2014). "صادق امیرعزیزی (تیمسار، سپهبد)" (in Persian). Institute for Iranian Contemporary Studies. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  3. ^ Mark J. Gasiorowski (November 1993). "The Qarani Affair and Iranian Politics". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 25 (4): 644. doi:10.1017/S0020743800059298.
  4. ^ "انتصاب تیمسار سپهبد سید صادق امیرعزیزی به استانداری خراسان" (in Persian). Khatkesh. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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