Fereydoun Mahdavi | |
Office: | Minister of Commerce |
Term Start: | 1974 |
Term End: | 1976 |
Primeminister: | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
Office1: | Minister without portfolio for Sports |
Term Start1: | 1976 |
Term End1: | 1978 |
Primeminister1: | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
Alma Mater: | University of Hamburg |
Birth Date: | 1932 |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Death Place: | Paris, France |
Relatives: | Mehdi Samii |
Fereydoun Mahdavi (Persian: فریدون مهدوی) was an Iranian economist and politician.[1] From 1974 to 1978, he served in the cabinet under Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.[1]
During the 1960s, Mahdavi was a member of the opposition National Front (II), having been arrested during student protests and jailed as an anti-Shah political prisoner for less than a year.[1] In 1975, he joined the royalist Resurgence Party as a high-ranking member, which severely damaged his reputation.[1]