Mohammad Sa'ed
Mohammad Sa'ed | |
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23th Prime Minister of Iran | |
In office 9 November 1948 – 23 March 1950 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Preceded by | Abdolhossein Hazhir |
Succeeded by | Ali Mansur |
In office 6 April 1944 – 25 November 1944 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
Preceded by | Ali Soheili |
Succeeded by | Morteza-Qoli Bayat |
Personal details | |
Born | 28 April 1881 Maragheh, Persia |
Died | 1 November 1973 Tehran, Iran | (aged 92)
Alma mater | University of Lausanne |
Mohammad Sa'ed Maraghei (Persian: محمد ساعد مراغهای; 28 April 1881 – 1 November 1973) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Iran.
Early life
[edit]Sa'ed was born in Maragheh, and studied at the University of Lausanne.
Prime Minister
[edit]Sa'ed became prime minister after the fall of Ali Soheili's cabinet in 1943. Iran-Russia relations fell to low levels during his government after Sa'ed refused to entertain a Soviet demand for an oil concession in Soviet-occupied Northern Iran.[1] Sergei Kavtaradze publicly attacked the Prime Minister and demanded his resignation. The Soviet and Tudeh press echoed Kavtaradze's words. The Soviets inspired their Tudeh comrades in Iran to strike and demonstrate until Sa'ed resigned. Sa'ed resigned on 10 November 1944.[2]
He banned the Tudeh Party during his premiership, and Arthur Millspaugh was also re-appointed finance minister under his administration. It is said that he used public transportation (such as bus), even when he was a senator. He was fluent in Russian, French, and Turkish.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rubin, Barry (1980). Paved With Good Intentions. Oxford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-19-502805-8.
- ^ "Chronology International". Current History. 8 (41): 88. 1945. JSTOR 45306642.
The following reference was used for the above writing: 'Alí Rizā Awsatí, Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing, Tehran, Iran, 2003). ISBN 964-93406-6-1 (Vol. 1), ISBN 964-93406-5-3 (Vol. 2).