Morteza Gholi Khan (Sani-ol Douleh) ( fa, مرتضیقلیخان صنیعالدوله; 1856–1911) was a leader of the
Persian Constitutional Revolution
The Persian Constitutional Revolution ( fa, مشروطیت, Mashrūtiyyat, or ''Enghelāb-e Mashrūteh''), also known as the Constitutional Revolution of Iran, took place between 1905 and 1911. The revolution led to the establishment of a par ...
and the first Chairman of the first
Majlis
( ar, المجلس, pl. ') is an Arabic term meaning "sitting room", used to describe various types of special gatherings among common interest groups of administrative, social or religious nature in countries with linguistic or cultural conne ...
. A member of the
Hedayat family, he served as the
Minister of Finance
A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation.
A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...
of Iran for seven months.
Life
At the time, Persia was being plundered of its resources by the British and Russians who had also obtained taxation rights on all significant sources keeping the county and some of the ruling class under effective financial control. Realizing that a country cannot be independent without self sufficiency and monetary independence, he initiated financial reforms and the overhaul of the taxation system, including bringing in the American adviser
W. Morgan Shuster. This and his unwillingness to sell out led to his assassination by the Russians on in February 1911 by two Georgian nationals in Tehran.
[See also: Mohammad-Reza Nazari, ''The retreat by the Parliament in overseeing the financial matters is a retreat of democracy'', in Persian, Mardom-Salari, No. 1734, 20 Bahman 1386 AH (9 February 2008).]
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Family background of Morteza Gholi Khan, Sani-ol Douleh
1864 births
1911 deaths
People from Tehran
People of the Persian Constitutional Revolution
Assassinated Iranian politicians
Moderate Socialists Party politicians
Speakers of the National Consultative Assembly
Members of the 1st Iranian Majlis
Deputies of Tehran for National Consultative Assembly
People from Mazandaran Province
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