Ataollah Khosravani | |
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Minister of Interior | |
In office 1968–1971 | |
Prime Minister | Amir Abbas Hoveida |
Preceded by | Abdolreza Ansari |
Minister of Labor | |
In office 9 May 1961 – 1968 | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Ahmad Ali Bahrami |
Personal details | |
Born | 1919 Tehran, Qajar Iran |
Died | September 2005 (aged 85–86) Paris, France |
Children | 1 |
Ataollah Khosravani (1919 – September 2005) was an Iranian politician. He served as the secretary-general of Iran Novin Party and held several cabinet posts in the 1960s.
Khosravani was born in Tehran in 1919.[1] He had six half-brothers from his father's first marriage.[1] He graduated from the Adab primary school and the Tharvat junior high school.[2] Then he attended the Alborz College in Tehran.[2] He received a bachelor's degree in social sciences in France.[2]
Following his return to Iran Khosravani established a magazine entitled Afkar Iran with his brother.[2] Then he was appointed an attaché to the Embassy of Iran in Paris.[2] He served as the minister of labor in three successive cabinets starting from 9 May 1961.[3] He first served in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Ali Amini and succeeded Ahmad Ali Bahrami in the post.[3] He also served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Asadollah Alam between February 1963 and March 1964.[4][5] He retained his post in the next cabinet led by Hassan Ali Mansur from 7 March 1964[6] and also, in the cabinet of Amir Abbas Hoveida from January 1965.[7]
Khosravani was appointed secretary-general of Iran Novin Party 1965 when Prime Minister Hassan Ali Mansur who had been serving as secretary general of the party was assassinated.[8] His tenure as minister of labor ended in 1968, and the same year he was named as the interior minister to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Amir Abbas Hoveyda.[1][8] Khosravani's term as the secretary general of the Iran Novin Party ended in 1969.[9] Manouchehr Kalali succeeded him in the post.[9] Khosravani was removed from office as minister of interior in 1971.[1]
A report by CIA dated February 1976 stated that in mid-1974 Khosravani was secretly assigned by the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to analyse the status of the Iran Novin Party to reorganize it.[10] At the end of his investigation Khosravani co-authored a report which partly led to the closure of the Party in 1975.[10]
While living in Paris during his studies, Khosravani married a French woman and had a son.[2] Following the end of the Pahlavi rule in Iran in 1979, he settled in Paris where he died in September 2005.[2]