Ali Khan Mansur ( fa, علی خان منصور, also known as ''Mansur ul-Mulk'' (); 1886 – 8 December 1974) was the
Prime Minister
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of Iran for two terms between 1940 and 1941 and in 1950.
Biography
Born in
Tehran
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, he served as Governor of
Khorasan and
Azarbaijan
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provinces, and was an ambassador to
Italy
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, The
Vatican
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, and
Turkey
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.
He served twice as Prime Minister (from 1940 to 1941, and again in 1950)
and six times as Cabinet Minister. He resigned as Prime Minister several days after 25 August 1941, when British and Soviet troops
invaded Iran to suppress German activity.
Before
World War II
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, Mansur was the minister of roads and railway during construction of the
Trans-Iranian Railway
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.
After World War II, Mansur was appointed governor general of Azerbaijan in 1946 and was appointed ambassador to Turkey in 1953.
His son,
Hassan Ali Mansur, served as prime minister from 1964 to 1965.
See also
*
List of Iranian Prime Ministers
References
Other References
* 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), ''Iran in the past three centuries'' (''Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh'' - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
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Prime Ministers of Iran
Revival Party politicians
Governors of East Azerbaijan Province
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1886 births
1974 deaths
20th-century Iranian politicians
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