Abdul Hamid Zangeneh Explained

Office:Minister of Education
Term Start:December 1948
Term End:March 1950
Birth Date:1899
Birth Place:Kermanshah, Qajar Iran
Death Date:25 March
Death Place:Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Party:Socialist Party
Occupation:Academic

Abdul Hamid Zangeneh (1899–1951) was an Iranian scholar. He served as the minister of education from December 1948 to March 1950. He was assassinated by a member of the Fada'iyan-e Islam in March 1951.

Early life and education

Zangeneh was born in Kermanshah in 1899. He obtained a degree in law and political science in Tehran. He received a PhD in law and economics in Paris in 1929, and his thesis was about the oil economy.

Career

Following his return to Iran in 1935 Zangeneh was employed in the Ministry of Education. He became a professor at the law school of the University of Tehran of which he served as the dean.[1] He was co-editor of the newspaper Iran Javan. Zangeneh represented Kermanshah in the 14th term of the Majlis. In the period between December 1948 and March 1950 he served as the minister of education. He became a member of the central committee of the Socialist Party which was established by Sardar Fakhir Hikmat in July 1949.[2]

Assassination

Zanganeh was assassinated by a student in front of Tehran University on 19 March 1951 and was badly wounded in the back.[3] [4] He died on 25 March.[5] The murderer was Nosratollah Ghumi, a member of the radical group Fada'iyan-e Islam.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Cyrus Vakili-Zad. Organization, Leadership and Revolution: Religiously-Oriented Opposition in the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979. Journal of Conflict Studies . Spring 1990. 10. 2. 14.
  2. Book: Malcolm Yapp. British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. 2002. University Publications of America. 9. 978-1-55655-765-1. Frederick, MD. 132.
  3. News: Martial Law In Persia. 26 February 2023. The Times. 21 March 1951. Tehran.
  4. Hassan Mohammadi Nejad. Elite-Counterelite Conflict and the Development of a Revolutionary Movement: The Case of Iranian National Front. PhD. . Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 89. 1970. 9798657957457.
  5. News: Iran Official Dies from Bullet Wound. 23 April 2022. The Free Lance–Star. Tehran. 26 March 1951.
  6. Book: Paulo Casaca. Siegfried O. Wolf. 2017. Terrorism Revisited: Islamism, Political Violence and State-Sponsorship. 63. Springer. 978-3-319-55690-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=H3opDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63. The Evolution and Ascension of Iran’s Terror Apparatus. Mosa Zahed. Cham.