Soleiman Eskandari | |
Office1: | Member of the Parliament |
Monarch2: | Reza Shah Ahmad Shah Qajar |
Term Start2: | 11 February 1924 |
Term End2: | 11 February 1926 |
Constituency2: | Tehran |
Monarch3: | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
Term Start3: | 22 June 1921 |
Term End3: | 11 June 1923 |
Constituency3: | Tehran |
Monarch4: | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
Term Start4: | 6 December 1914 |
Term End4: | 13 November 1915 |
Constituency4: | Isfahan |
Monarch5: | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
Term Start5: | 15 November 1909 |
Term End5: | 25 December 1911 |
Constituency5: | Tehran |
Office6: | Minister of Education |
Term Start6: | October 1923 |
Term End6: | February 1924 |
Primeminister6: | Reza Khan |
Party: | |
Birth Name: | Soleiman Mirza Qajar |
Birth Date: | 1875 |
Resting Place: | Imamzadeh Abdullah, Rey |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Soleiman Mirza Eskandari (Persian: سلیمان اسکندری; 1875 – 7 January 1944)[1] was an Iranian Qajar prince[2] and socialist politician. A civil servant and constitutionalist activist, he served as a member of parliament for four consecutive terms and briefly served as the education minister (maʿāref). During his career, Eskandari was associated with Democrat, Socialist and Tudeh parties.[3] In the aftermath of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran during World War II, the Soviet Union was occupying an area in the north of the country that included the capital of Tehran and took advantage of this position by fostering the creation of the communist Tudeh party under the leadership of Eskandari.[4]