Abdollah Moazzami Explained

Abdullah Moazzami
Term Start:1 July 1953
Term End:16 August 1953
Term Start1:27 April 1952
Term End1:16 August 1953
Term Start2:9 February 1950
Term End2:19 February 1952
Term Start3:12 June 1947
Term End3:28 July 1949
Term Start4:7 March 1944
Term End4:12 March 1946
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Birth Date:1907[1] or 1909[2]
Death Date:1971
Occupation:Law professor
Alma Mater:University of Paris

Abdullah Moazami (Persian: عبدالله معظمی) was an Iranian lawyer and politician. He taught at University of Tehran and was a member of Parliament of Iran for four consecutive terms from 1944 to 1953.[2] Moazami came from an upper-class[1] and titled landlord family[2] and has been described as a "man of moderate demeanor and connected with several factions by both family and politics".[3]

In 1952, he lost to the royalist cleric Hassan Emami for the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran.[3] On 1 July 1953, he was elected as the speaker by a vote of 41 to 31, with one abstention.

After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, he was briefly imprisoned.[2]

His brother, Seyfollah Moazami, served as minister of post & telegraph under Government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 190–191. registration.
  2. Book: Abrahamian. Ervand. The Coup: 1953, the CIA, and the roots of modern U.S.-Iranian relations. 2013. New Press, The. New York. 978-1-59558-826-5. xix. Moazemi, Abdullah (1909–1971).
  3. Book: Afkhami. Gholam Reza. The Life and Times of the Shah. 2009. University of California Press. 9780520942165. 134, 155).