Manouchehr Eghbal

Manouchehr Eghbal
Manouchehr Eghbal
65th Prime Minister of Iran
In office
3 April 1957 – 31 August 1960
Preceded by Hossein Ala'
Succeeded by Jafar Sharif-Emami
Personal details
Born 1909
Mashhad, Iran
Died 1977
Tehran, Iran
Political party Nationalist Party
Alma mater Tehran University
Religion Twelver Shi'a Islam

Dr. Manuchehr Eqbal (1909–1977) (in Persian: منوچهر اقبال) was a Prime Minister of Iran. He was born October 14, 1909, in Mashhad,Iran.

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Family

He married a French woman and had three daughters. The eldest Nicole became a nun. The second, Monique married a Swiss surgeon and had a daughter, Muriel. The youngest daughter Maryam Francoise Eghbal, first married Prince Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi, but the marriage ended in divorce and she married Prince Shahriar Shafiq.

Education

He studied at Darolfonoon, and finished advanced studies in medicine in Paris in 1933.

Political career

Eghbal's Cabinet

In 1950, he was appointed Chancellor of Tabriz University, followed by Tehran University in 1954. Five years later he became Iran's envoy to UNESCO. He then taught at Sorbonne for a while and became a member of the French National Academy of Medicine.

In politics, he served as Minister of Health in Ahmad Ghavam's cabinet, Minister of Culture in Abdolhosein Hazhir's cabinet, Minister of Transportation in RajabAli Mansur's cabinet, and Interior Minister in Mohammad Sa'ed's cabinet. He was governor of East Azarbaijan province for a while.

In 1957 he became prime minister. Jamshid Amuzegar served as Minister of Agriculture in his cabinet. Eqbal continued as prime minister until 1960. Later, until his death, he served as a top executive in Iran's National Oil Company.

Eghbal died of a heart attack on November 25, 1977, in Tehran, aged 68.

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References used

The following reference was used for the above writing: "Iran in the last 3 Centuries" by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3

Political offices
Preceded by
Hossein Ala'
Prime Minister of Iran
1957 – 1960
Succeeded by
Jafar Sharif-Emami
Party political offices
Preceded by
None
Secretary-General of Nationalist Party
1954-1970
Succeeded by
Party Dissolved



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