Nasser Yeganeh (4 June 1921 – 15 November 1993) was an Iranian

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, politician and

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. He served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the head of the Iranian judiciary, brought in during Amir-Abbas Hoveyda's tenure.

Early life and education

Yeganeh was born in 1921, to an aristocratic family in Qazvin. His father, Mirza Ghaffar Khan Yeganeh (more commonly known as Salar Mansour), was the Hakim (Governor) of Qazvin. Yeganeh attended primary and secondary school in Qazvin before going to the

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where he received a

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. He then went to France to pursue a PhD in Public Law from the Sorbonne. Following his graduation, Yeganeh traveled to the

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where he studied the American judicial system.

Career

Yeganeh served as deputy in 1963. He was the minister of state (1963–1971), senator (1971–1974) and chief justice of the Supreme Court (1975–1979). He also served as the deputy prime minister in the

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led by

Hassan Ali Mansur Hasan Ali Mansur ( fa, حسن علی منصور‎; 13 April 1923 – 26 January 1965) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1965. He served during the White Revolution of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and was a ...

in the period between March 1964 and January 1965.

Death

Yeganeh fled to the United States following the

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and on 15 November 1993 committed suicide on his boat in Washington, D.C.

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* 1921 births 1993 deaths Iranian politicians who committed suicide University of Tehran alumni University of Paris alumni Iran Novin Party politicians Rastakhiz Party politicians People from Qazvin Chief justices of Iran Iranian expatriates in France Iranian expatriates in the United States People of Pahlavi Iran {{Iran-politician-stub