14th Iranian Majlis explained

14th National Consultative Assembly
Country:Imperial State of Iran
Meeting Place:Baharestan
Election:November 1943 and February 1944
Before:13th
After:15th
Chamber1:National Consultative Assembly
Membership1:137
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:1st Deputy
Chamber1 Leader2:
    Chamber1 Leader3 Type:2nd Deputy
    Chamber1 Leader3:

      14th Iranian Majlis was commenced on 6 March 1944 and ended on 12 March 1946.

      In a national history of factionalism, it was the assembly of intense factionalism. As many as seven rival groups labelled fraktions -a term borrowed from the German parliament- in constantly competing with each other, wasted one quarter of the session in obstructionism, and brought persistent instability on the governmental level: during these 24 months, there were seven changes of premiers, nine changes of cabinets, and 110 changes of ministers. The 14th Parliament sat during one of the rare periods in which there was some degree of freedom for political expression.[1]

      Fraction members

      FractionMembersLeader
      National Unity (Ettehad Melli)33Mohammad-Sadegh Tabatabaei
      Individuals (Monfaredin)30Mohammad Mossadegh
      Homeland (Mihan)24Hadi Taheri
      Independent (Mostaghel)15Ali Dashti
      Freedom (Azadi)11Mohammad Vali Farmanfarmaian
      Democrat8Mehdi Farrokh
      Tudeh6Fereydoun Keshavarz
      align=left colspan=3Source: Majlis Research Center[2]

      Notes and References

      1. Abrahamian. Ervand. Ervand Abrahamian. Factionalism in Iran: political groups in the 14th Parliament (1944–46). Middle Eastern Studies. 1978. 14. 1. 23. 10.1080/00263207808700364.
      2. Book: آشنایی با تاریخ مجالس قانونگذاری در ایران دوره اول تا دوره شانزدهم. Majlis Research Center. 2005. 1384. Persian. History of Legislatures in Iran (1285–1328). 16 July 2017. 13 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201213132414/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/book_pub/download/837285. dead.