Ali Amini

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Ali Amini
34th Prime Minister of Iran
In office
5 May 1961 ? 19 July 1962
Monarch Mohammad Reza Shah
Preceded by Jafar Sharif-Emami
Succeeded by Asadollah Alam
Ambassador of Iran to the United States
In office
24 January 1956 ? 22 May 1958
Monarch Mohammad Reza Shah
Preceded by Nasrollah Entezam
Succeeded by Ali Gholi Ardalan
Minister of Justice
In office
7 April 1955 ? 24 January 1956
Prime Minister Hossein Ala
Minister of Finance
In office
19 August 1953 ? 6 April 1955
Prime Minister Fazlollah Zahedi
Preceded by Nezam-ed-din Emami
Succeeded by Nasrollah Jahangir
Minister of Economy
In office
5 August 1951 ? 16 July 1952
Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by Shamseddin Amir-Alaei
Succeeded by Bagher Kazemi
In office
23 March 1950 ? 26 June 1950
Prime Minister Ali Mansur
Member of the National Consultative Assembly
In office
12 June 1947 ? 28 July 1949
Constituency Tehran
Personal details
Born 12 September 1905
Tehran , Persia
Died 12 December 1992 (1992-12-12) (aged 87)
Paris , France
Political party
Spouse
Batoul Voosough
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( m.  1932; died 1992) ​
Children Iraj
Parents
Relatives Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (grandfather)
Vossug ed Dowleh (father-in-law)
Alma mater University of Grenoble
University of Paris

Ali Amini ( Persian : ??? ????? ; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962. He held several cabinet portfolios during the 1950s, and served as a member of parliament between 1947 and 1949.

Amini was widely regarded as "a protege of the United States" [1] and a "pro-American liberal reformer". [2]

Early life and education [ edit ]

Amini was born on 12 September 1905 in Tehran. [3] He was a grandson of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar through his mother, Fakhr-ol-dowleh . [4] His father was a significant statesman during the Qajar period, Mohsen Amin-ol-dowleh. [4]

He completed his studies first in Darolfonoon and then in France where he graduated with a degree in law from Grenoble University , [5] followed by his PhD in economics from Paris . His PhD thesis was concerned with the foreign trade monopoly in Iran. [6]

Upon his return to Iran, he was employed at the Ministry of Justice by Ali Akbar Davar . [3]

Career [ edit ]

See also: Cabinet of Ali Amini

Amini was a founding member of the Democrat Party of Iran , and entered the 15th term of parliament with the party's ticket. [3] His first ministerial portfolio was in the cabinet of Ali Mansur . [3]

He served as a minister in the cabinet of Mohammad Mosaddegh , but broke away from Mosaddegh in July 1952. He was later regarded as a "traitor" by the National Front , because of his collaboration with the post- 1953 Iranian coup d'etat government. [5] He became minister of economic affairs in the cabinet of Fazlollah Zahedi and remained in office until 1955. [5] He was then appointed as the justice minister under Hossein Ala in 1955. [3] [7] He was named the ambassador to the US in 1956 which he held until 1958. [3] [7]

His tendencies were pro-American to the extent that made the Shah uncomfortable. Mohammad Reza Shah in particular distrusted Amini's popularity and friendship with then-senator John F. Kennedy . [6] Therefore, his tenure ended in 1958. [5]

In the 1950s, Amini was a candidate for the premiership. He was appointed prime minister in 1961. In July 1962, however, he was replaced by the Shah's close friend and a major Birjand landowner Asadollah Alam . In the late 1970s, Amini attempted a comeback into Iranian politics at the age of 70. He served as an advisor to the Shah during the final days of the Pahlavi dynasty .

Personal life [ edit ]

Amini married Batoul Voosough (died 1992) in 1932 and they had a son, Iraj. [8] She was the daughter of Hasan Voosough Al Dawlah whose brother was Ahmad Qavam . [4]

Honours [ edit ]

Amini was awarded Grand Croix of the Legion of Honor in 1962. [9]

Later years and death [ edit ]

In 1979, Amini moved to Paris, France. There he headed the Front for the Liberation of Iran , a monarchist opposition group. [10] He complained about internal struggles among the exiled Iranian monarchists, saying "We're not even back in Tehran [and] they quarrel over the name of the country's future prime minister." [10] He wrote his biography published by Harvard University .

He died in Paris on 12 December 1992, aged 87. [8] His body was buried in Passy Cemetery .

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Avery, P.; Bayne Fisher, William; Hambly, G. R. G.; Melville, C., eds. (1990). The Cambridge History of Iran . Vol. 7. Cambridge University Press. p. 275. ISBN   9780521200950 .
  2. ^ Parvin Paydar (1995). Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran . Cambridge University Press. p. 139. ISBN   978-0-521-59572-8 .
  3. ^ a b c d e f Abbas Milani (2008). "Ali Amini". Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979 . Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. pp. 63?71. ISBN   978-0815609070 .
  4. ^ a b c James A. Bill (1988). The Eagle and the Lion. The Tragedy of American-Iranian Relations . New Haven and London: Yale University Press. pp. 107?108. doi : 10.12987/9780300159516-006 . ISBN   978-0-300-04412-6 . S2CID   246116954 .
  5. ^ a b c d Barry Rubin (1980). Paved with Good Intentions (PDF) . New York: Penguin Books. p. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013.
  6. ^ a b Ehsanee Ian Sadr (2013). To whisper in the king's ear: Economists in Pahlavi and Islamic Iran (PhD thesis). University of Maryland, College Park. p. 36. ProQuest   1432765052 .
  7. ^ a b Michael J. Willcocks (2015). Agent or Client: Who Instigated the White Revolution of the Shah and the People in Iran, 1963? (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. pp. 49?50.
  8. ^ a b Moin, Baqer (17 December 1992). "Obituary: Ali Amini" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 16 December 2009 . Retrieved 2 August 2013 .
  9. ^ "Ali Amini; Foe of Iran's Islamic Government" . Los Angeles Times . 17 December 1992 . Retrieved 2 August 2013 .
  10. ^ a b "Rivalry complicates Iranian exile struggle" . The Christian Science Monitor . 3 July 1986 . Retrieved 4 August 2013 .

External links [ edit ]

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