Abdolhossein Hazhir
Abdolhossein Hazhir | |
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32nd Prime Minister of Iran | |
In office 13 June 1948 – 9 November 1948 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Preceded by | Ebrahim Hakimi |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Sa'ed |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 June 1902 Kashan, Sublime State of Persia |
Died | 5 November 1949 Tehran, Pahlavi Iran | (aged 47)
Alma mater | University of Isfahan |
Abdolhossein Hazhir (Persian: عبدالحسین هژیر; 4 June 1902 – 5 November 1949) was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1948, having been a minister 10 times. One of his posts was the minister of finance.
During Hazhir's premiership in 1948 his policies were harshly criticized by Ayatollah Kashani who was one of the clerics close to the Fada'iyan-e Islam's leader Navab Safavi. He was also subject to the criticisms of media outlets. One of them was a satirical magazine entitled Tawfiq which was closed by the government due to its frequent cartoons mocking Prime Minister Hazhir. In November 1949, while serving as minister of royal court, Hazhir was assassinated at the Sipah Salar Mosque, Tehran. The perpetrator was found to be Seyyed Hossein Emami Esfahani who was a member of Fada'iyan-e Islam, an Islamist militant organization led by Navab Safavi.
See also
- 20th-century Iranian politicians
- 1902 births
- 1949 deaths
- Government ministers of Iran
- Prime Ministers of Iran
- Assassinated Iranian politicians
- People murdered in Iran
- People assassinated by the Fada'iyan-e Islam
- Victims of Islamic terrorism
- Finance ministers of Iran
- 1940s assassinated politicians
- Iranian politician stubs