Iraj Eskandari

Iraj Eskandari
Minister of Trade, Crafts and Arts
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 Sari[1]
Personal details
Born 1907[1]
Tehran, Iran[1]
Died 30 April 1985(1985-04-30) (aged 77–78)[1]
Leipzig, East Germany[1]
Nationality Iranian
Political party Tudeh Party

Iraj Eskandari (Persian: ایرج اسکندری‎; 1907–1985) was an Iranian communist politician. A Qajar prince, Eskandari received French education.[2] He was a secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran and a member of parliament.[3] In the summer of 1946 he was named a Minister of Commerce and Industry in Qavam's coalition cabinet.[4]

He belonged to the "group of fifty-three".[5] Eskandari was identified at the time as the leader of the dominant, moderate faction in the party leadership, along with Radmanesh.[6]

In 1969 the thirteenth plenum of the Tudeh Party named Eskandari the new first secretary of the party, replacing Radmanesh.[7] In 1978 he was demoted as first secretary of the party, and replaced by Nureddin Kianuri.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Chaqueri, Cosroe (December 15, 1998) [January 19, 2012]. "ESKANDARĪ, ĪRAJ". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 6. VIII. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 604–606. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ Behrooz, Maziar. Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. p. 75
  3. ↑ Ladjevardi, Habib. Labor Unions and Autocracy in Iran. Contemporary issues in the Middle East. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1985. p. 56
  4. ↑ Ladjevardi, Habib. Labor Unions and Autocracy in Iran. Contemporary issues in the Middle East. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1985. p. 141
  5. ↑ Behrooz, Maziar. Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. p. 18
  6. ↑ Behrooz, Maziar. Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. pp. 16, 24
  7. ↑ Behrooz, Maziar. Rebels with a Cause: The Failure of the Left in Iran. London: I.B. Tauris, 2000. p. 39
  8. ↑ Paidar, Parvin. Women and the Political Process in Twentieth-Century Iran. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1997. p. 205
Party political offices
Preceded by
Reza Radmanesh		 First-Secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran
1969–1978		 Succeeded by
Noureddin Kianouri
Preceded by
Soleiman Eskandari
as Chairman		 Co-General-Secretary of the Tudeh Party of Iran
1944–1948
Served alongside: Mohammad Bahrami and Noureddin Alamouti		 Succeeded by
Reza Radmanesh
as First-Secretary
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