Hossein Navab Explained

Birth Name:Mirza Hossein Khan Navab
Birth Date:1897
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
Term Start:26 July 1952
Term End:October 1952
Primeminister:Mohammad Mosaddegh
Predecessor:Bagher Kazemi
Successor:Hossein Fatemi

Hossein Navab or Hossein Navvab (Persian: حسین نواب; 1897–1972) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as foreign minister briefly in 1952.

Career

Navab was a career diplomat. In the 1930s he was second secretary at the Iranian Embassy in London.[1] He served as the consul general of Iran in New York in the 1940s.[2] He was also the ambassador of Iran to the Netherlands.[3] He served as the minister of foreign affairs in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh which was announced on 26 July 1952.[4] Navab resigned from office without citing any reason on 9 October 1952, and Hossein Fatemi succeeded him in the post.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mortimer Epstein. The Statesman's Year-Book. 1934. Palgrave Macmillan. London. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230270633_55. 978-0-230-27063-3. 1200. Persia. 10.1057/9780230270633.
  2. Web site: Bretton Woods. Final Act. 25 July 2013. Commission for Looted Art in Europe.
  3. Web site: Judgement of International Court of Justice. World Courts. 25 July 2013.
  4. Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology. The Middle East Journal. Autumn 1952. 6. 4. 4322439. 459.
  5. News: Iran planning envoy shift. 13 October 1952. United Press International. Tehran. 25 July 2013. Lewiston Morning Tribune.