Nezhat Nafisi ( fa, نزهت نفیسی, 1920 – 2 January 2003) was an Iranian politician. In 1963 she was one of the first group of women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.

Biography

Born in 1920, Nafisi grew up wanting to be a medical doctor, but was not allowed to complete her education.Reading Mom and Dad in Tehran
The New York Times, 2 January 2009 After her first husband died, she married Ahmad Nafisi, who served as mayor of Tehran from 1961 to 1963. Their daughter Azar became a writer. Women were granted the right to vote in 1963, and in the parliamentary elections that year, Nafisi was one of six women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.Lois Beck & Guity Nashat (2004
''Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic''
p.141 She died on 2 January 2003.Azar Nafisi (2003) ''Things I've Been Silent About: Memories''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nafisi, Nezhat 1920 births 20th-century Iranian women politicians 20th-century Iranian politicians Members of the 21st Iranian Majlis 2003 deaths