Reza Hekmat ( fa, رضا حکمت; 1891 – 15 March 1978) was a
Prime Minister of Iran
The Prime Minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...
. He became Prime Minister of Iran on 18 December 1947 and was in office until 29 December 1947 for only 11 days.
He was a speaker of
Parliament of Iran
The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Pa ...
from 1947 to 1955.
He was born in
Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...
in 1891 and died 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 ...
in 1978 at the age of 87. Some sources claim that Hekmat’s paternal family were
Iranian Jews
Persian Jews or Iranian Jews ( fa, یهودیان ایرانی, ''yahudiān-e-Irāni''; he, יהודים פרסים ''Yəhūdīm Parsīm'') are the descendants of Jews who were historically associated with the Persian Empire, whose successor s ...
who had converted to Islam during the mid-nineteenth century.
See also
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Pahlavi dynasty
The Pahlavi dynasty ( fa, دودمان پهلوی) was the last Iranian royal dynasty, ruling for almost 54 years between 1925 and 1979. The dynasty was founded by Reza Shah Pahlavi, a non-aristocratic Mazanderani soldier in modern times, who ...
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List of prime ministers of Iran
References
Prime Ministers of Iran
1891 births
1978 deaths
20th-century Iranian people
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Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Members of the 4th Iranian Majlis
Members of the 5th Iranian Majlis
Members of the 7th Iranian Majlis
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People from Shiraz
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