Ataollah Khosravani (1919–date of death unknown) was an Iranian politician. He served as the secretary-general of

Iran Novin Party The Iran Novin Party ( fa, حزب ایران نوین, Ḥizb-i Īrān-i Nuvīn, lit=New Iran Party) was a royalist political party in Iran and the country's ruling party for more than a decade, controlling both cabinet and the parliament from 19 ...

and held several cabinet posts in the 1960s.

Early life and education

Khosravani was born in Tehran in 1919. He had six half-brothers from the first marriage of his father. He graduated from the Adab primary school and the Tharvat junior high school. Then he attended the Alborz College in Tehran. He received a bachelor's degree in social sciences in France.

Career

Following his return to Iran Khosravani established a magazine entitled ''Afkar Iran'' with his brother. Then he was appointed an attaché to the Embassy of Iran in Paris. He served as the minister of labor in three successive cabinets starting from 9 May 1961. He first served in the

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led by

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and succeeded Ahmad Ali Bahrami in the post. He also served in the

of Prime Minister

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between February 1963 and March 1964. He retained his post in the next

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from 7 March 1964 and also, in the

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from January 1965. Khosravani was appointed secretary-general of

1965 when Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansur who had been serving as secretary general of the party was assassinated. Next he was named as the interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda. Khosravani's term as the secretary general of the Iran Novin Party ended in 1969, and he was also removed from the cabinet of Amir Abbas Hoveyda. Manouchehr Kalali was the successor of Khosravani as the secretary-general of Iran Novin Party. A report by

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dated February 1976 stated that in mid-1974 Khosravani was secretly assigned by the

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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...

to analyse the status of the Iran Novin Party to reorganize it. At the end of his investigation Khosravani co-authored a report which partly led to the clouse of the Party in 1975.

Personal life

While living in Paris, Khosravani married a French woman and had a son.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khosravani, Ataollah 1919 births Year of death missing 20th-century Iranian politicians Government ministers of Iran Interior Ministers of Iran Iranian magazine founders Iran Novin Party Secretaries-General Politicians from Tehran People of Pahlavi Iran