Ebrahim Hakimi Explained

Birth Date:1869
Birth Place:Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia
Death Date:19 October
Death Place:Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Order:25th
Office:Prime Minister of Iran
Term Start3:13 May 1945
Term End3:6 June 1945
Monarch3:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Predecessor3:Morteza-Qoli Bayat
Successor3:Mohsen Sadr
Term Start2:30 October 1945
Term End2:28 January 1946
Monarch2:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Predecessor2:Mohsen Sadr
Successor2:Ahmad Qavam
Term Start1:29 December 1947
Term End1:13 June 1948
Monarch1:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Predecessor1:Ahmad Qavam
Successor1:Abdolhossein Hazhir
Order4:President of Senate
Term Start4:19 August 1951
Term End4:1 March 1957
Predecessor4:None
Successor4:Hasan Taqizadeh
Alma Mater:Paris University

Ebrahim Hakimi (Persian: ابراهیم حکیمی; 1869 – 19 October 1959) was an Iranian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Iran on three occasions.

Early life and education

Born in Tabriz in 1869, Ḥakimi was part of "an old and prominent family of court physicians", who traced their status as far back as the 17th century, "starting with the eponym of the family, Moḥammad-Dāvud Khan Ḥakim" who served at the courts of the Safavid kings (shahs) Safi (1629-1642) and Abbas II (1642-1666). This ancestor of Ebrahim was also the founder of the Hakim Mosque located in Isfahan.

After finishing elementary and high school in Tabriz, Hakimi attended Dar ol-Fonoon in Tehran and finished advanced studies in medicine in Paris.

Career

Hakimi served as royal physician to Mozzafar-al-Din Shah. He then became a member of the Parliament, and served as cabinet minister 17 times, as prime minister for three terms, and as speaker of the Senate of Iran.

His second tenure as prime minister was short-lived (three months) as the Soviets, angry over his refusal to grant them an oil concession in Northern Iran, inspired Azerbaijani Communists to declare independence from Iran. Soviet troops occupying the Northern regions refused to allow Iranian troops to enter the region to put down the uprising. Hakimi submitted the issue to the UN Security Council and resigned from office in protest of Soviet actions in January 1946.[2]

Death

Hakimi died in Tehran in 1959.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Ervand Abrahamian. Ervand Abrahamian. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 123. registration.
  2. News: Iran Premier Resigns after 3-Month Term. 11 November 2012. Herald Journal. 21 January 1946. UP. Tehran.
  3. Fariborz Mokhtari. Iran's 1953 Coup Revisited: Internal Dynamics versus External Intrigue. Middle East Journal. Summer 2008. 62. 3 . 458. 10.3751/62.3.15.