Fereydoun Keshavarz

Fereydoun Keshavarz
Minister of Culture
In office
1 August 1946 – 16 October 1946
Prime Minister Ahmad Qavam
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946
Constituency Anzali Port
Personal details
Born (1907-08-31)31 August 1907
Anzali Port, Persia
Died 6 October 2006(2006-10-06) (aged 99)
Switzerland
Nationality Iranian
Political party Tudeh Party (1941–1958)
Spouse(s) Khadijeh Keshavarz[1]
Alma mater University of Toulouse

Fereydoun Keshavarz (Persian: فریدون کشاورز‎; 1907–2006) was an Iranian physician and communist politician.

Early life and education

The son of a merchant from Gilan who had taken part in the Constitutional Revolution, Keshavarz studied in Dar ul-Funun before going to study medicine in France. He taught at University of Tehran after he returned to Iran.[2]

Career

Keshavarz entered politics in 1941, and joined Tudeh Party of Iran three months after its creation.[2] A leading member of the party, he was elected to its first central committee and served as the party's parliamentary spokesperson.[3] In the summer of 1946 he was named a minister in Qavam's coalition cabinet.[4] He broke away from the party in 1958.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 335. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  2. 1 2 Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 287–288. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  3. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  4. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 303. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  5. ↑ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. p. 249. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
Party political offices
New title Spokesperson of the Tudeh fraction
1944–1946		 Vacant
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