Ali-Akbar Zargham (; February 24, 1911 – 22 December 1976) was a military officer and held several cabinet posts in the cabinets of

Manouchehr Eghbal Manouchehr Eghbal ( fa, منوچهر اقبال; 13 October 1909 – 25 November 1977) was an Iranian physician and royalist politician. He was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1957 to 1960. Early life and education Eghbal was born in 1909, and h ...

and

Jafar Sharif-Emami Jafar Sharif-Imami ( fa, جعفر شریف‌امامی; 17 June 1912 – 16 June 1998) was an Iranian politician who was prime minister from 1960 to 1961 and again in 1978. He was a cabinet minister, president of the Iranian Senate, president ...

Education

Ali-Akbar Zargham was born in

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in 1911. He attended Nezam High School, which was a military high school created by Reza Shah. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1934, and eventually finished his military studies at the War University (now known as the National Defense University) in 1940. He became a major general in 1958 under Eghbal's premiership. Zargham2

Public career

In 1951, Zargham was assigned to the military governor's office and was appointed as the director-general of the Department of Sugar the following year. In 1955, he became the director of customs and two years later he was appointed as the first minister of customs and monopolies. On 4 April 1957, he was chosen as the customs minister under Eghbal's

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. He served as the finance minister in Sharif-Emami's cabinet. After his time as minister, he participated in various public services. One being his involvement in the recovery of the city of

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after a devastating earthquake that occurred in 1962 (later known as the

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), killing approximately 12,000 people.

Death

On 22 December 1976, Ali-Akbar Zargham died from a heart attack in his home in Tehran at the age of 65.

References

1911 births 1976 deaths Finance ministers of Iran Politicians from Tehran Imperial Iranian Army major generals {{Iran-politician-stub