Manouchehr Eghbal
| Manouchehr Eghbal | |
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| 65th Prime Minister of Iran | |
| In office 3 April 1957 – 31 August 1960 |
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| Monarch | Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Hossein Ala' |
| Succeeded by | Jafar Sharif-Emami |
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| Born | 1909 Mashhad, Iran |
| Died | 1977 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Nationalist Party |
| Alma mater | Tehran University |
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam |
Dr. Manuchehr Eqbal (1909–1977) (in Persian: منوچهر اقبال) was a Prime Minister of Iran. He was born October 14, 1909, in Mashhad,Iran.
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[edit] Family
He married a French woman and had three daughters. The eldest Nicole became a nun. The second, Monique married a Swiss surgeon and had a daughter, Muriel. The youngest daughter Maryam Francoise Eghbal, first married Prince Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi, but the marriage ended in divorce and she married Prince Shahriar Shafiq.
[edit] Education
He studied at Darolfonoon, and finished advanced studies in medicine in Paris in 1933.
[edit] Political career
In 1950, he was appointed Chancellor of Tabriz University, followed by Tehran University in 1954. Five years later he became Iran's envoy to UNESCO. He then taught at Sorbonne for a while and became a member of the French National Academy of Medicine.
In politics, he served as Minister of Health in Ahmad Ghavam's cabinet, Minister of Culture in Abdolhosein Hazhir's cabinet, Minister of Transportation in RajabAli Mansur's cabinet, and Interior Minister in Mohammad Sa'ed's cabinet. He was governor of East Azarbaijan province for a while.
In 1957 he became prime minister. Jamshid Amuzegar served as Minister of Agriculture in his cabinet. Eqbal continued as prime minister until 1960. Later, until his death, he served as a top executive in Iran's National Oil Company.
Eghbal died of a heart attack on November 25, 1977, in Tehran, aged 68.
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[edit] References used
The following reference was used for the above writing: "Iran in the last 3 Centuries" by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3
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| Preceded by Hossein Ala' |
Prime Minister of Iran 1957 – 1960 |
Succeeded by Jafar Sharif-Emami |
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| Preceded by None |
Secretary-General of Nationalist Party 1954-1970 |
Succeeded by Party Dissolved |
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