Seyyed Ahmad Razavi ( fa, سید احمد رضوی; 1906–1971) was an Iranian engineer and politician.

Early life and education

Razavi was born in 1906 in

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

. Hailed from a landed upper-class family, his father headed Shaykhi community in Kerman. He was graduated from the French Lycée in

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, before he went to study mineral engineering in France.

Career

Razavi attended the founding meeting of

Tudeh Party of Iran The Tudeh Party of Iran ( fa-at, حزب تودۀ ایران, Ḥezb-e Tūde-ye Īrān, lit=Party of the Masses of Iran) is an Iranian communist party. Formed in 1941, with Soleiman Mirza Eskandari as its head, it had considerable influence in i ...

in 1941 and initially supported the party. He was a co-founder of the Engineers’ Association, and its offshoot

Iran Party The Iran Party ( fa, حزب ایران, Ḥezb-e Irān) is a socialist and nationalist party in Iran, founded in 1941. It is described as the "backbone of the National Front", the leading umbrella organization of Iranian nationalists established i ...

. In 1946, he joined Democrat Party of

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, and sided with its radical faction. The next year entered the 15th term of parliament representing his hometown Kerman, and became a well-known deputy after he boldly denounced the armed forces for "inefficiency, corruption, and political meddling". In 1949, he was among founding members of the National Front. A staunch supporter of

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, he was elected to the 17th term of parliament as a senior

member, again from his hometown. During his tenure, he served as the deputy speaker, as well as the head of National Front's parliamentary group.

Exile and death

After the 1953 coup d'état he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment, however he was released and permitted to go to exile. He died in 1971.

References

{{s-end 1906 births 1971 deaths People from Kerman Democrat Party of Iran politicians Iran Party politicians National Front (Iran) MPs Members of the 15th Iranian Majlis Members of the 17th Iranian Majlis Iranian expatriates in France prisoners and detainees of Iran