Fereydoun Keshavarz Explained

Fereydoun Keshavarz
Office1:Minister of Culture
Term Start1:1 August 1946
Term End1:16 October 1946
Primeminister1:Ahmad Qavam
Predecessor1:Mohammad-Taqi Bahar
Successor1:Ali Shayegan
Office2:Member of Parliament of Iran
Term Start2:7 March 1944
Term End2:12 March 1946
Constituency2:Anzali Port
Party:Tudeh Party (1941–1958)
Birth Date:31 August 1907
Birth Place:Anzali Port, Iran
Death Place:Switzerland
Nationality:Iranian
Spouse:Khadijeh Keshavarz[1]
Alma Mater:University of Toulouse

Fereydoun Keshavarz (Persian: فریدون کشاورز; 1907–2006) was an Iranian physician and communist politician.

Early life and education

The son of a merchant from Gilan who had taken part in the Persian Constitutional Revolution, Keshavarz studied in Dar ul-Funun before going to study medicine in France. He taught at University of Tehran after he returned to Iran.[2]

Career

Keshavarz entered politics in 1941, and joined Tudeh Party of Iran three months after its creation.[2] A leading member of the party, he was elected to its first central committee and served as the party's parliamentary spokesperson.[3] In the summer of 1946 he was named a minister in Qavam's coalition cabinet.[4] He broke away from the party in 1958,[5] because he came to believe that "Tudeh's policy is a betrayal of the working class".[6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 335.
  2. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 287–288.
  3. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 406.
  4. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 303.
  5. Book: Abrahamian, Ervand. 1982. Iran Between Two Revolutions. 0-691-10134-5. Princeton University Press. 249.
  6. Fereydoun. Keshavarz. Tudeh's Policy is a Betrayal of the Working Class. MERIP Reports. 98. 26-27, 31. July–August 1981. Iran Two Years After. i350683. Middle East Research and Information Project. Fred Halliday.