Ebrahim Hakimi
29th Prime Minister of Iran
In office 29 December 1947 – 13 June 1948
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Hekmat
Succeeded by	Abdolhossein Hazhir
In office 30 October 1945 – 28 January 1946
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Mohsen Sadr
Succeeded by	Ahmad Qavam
In office 13 May 1945 – 6 June 1945
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Morteza-Qoli Bayat
Succeeded by	Mohsen Sadr
President of Senate
In office 19 August 1951 – 1 March 1957
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Hasan Taqizadeh
Personal details
Born	1869 Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia
Died	19 October 1959 (aged 89–90) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Revival Party (1920s)[1] Democrat Party (1910s)[1]
Alma mater	Paris University

Ebrahim Hakimi (Persian: ابراهیم حکیمی; 1869 – 19 October 1959) was an Iranian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Iran on three occasions.

Early life and education

Born in Tabriz in 1869,^[2] Ḥakimi was part of "an old and prominent family of court physicians", who traced their status as far back as the 17th century, "starting with the eponym of the family, Moḥammad-Dāvud Khan Ḥakim" who served at the courts of the Safavid kings (shahs) Safi (r. 1629-1642) and Abbas II (r. 1642-1666).^[3] This ancestor of Ebrahim was also the founder of the Hakim Mosque located in Isfahan.^[3]

After finishing elementary and high school in Tabriz, Hakimi attended Dar ol-Fonoon in Tehran and finished advanced studies in medicine in Paris.

Career

Hakimi served as royal physician to Mozzafar-al-Din Shah. He then became a member of the Parliament, and served as cabinet minister 17 times, as prime minister for three terms, and as speaker of the Senate of Iran.

His second tenure as prime minister was short-lived (three months) as the Soviets, angry over his refusal to grant them an oil concession in Northern Iran, inspired Azerbaijani Communists to declare independence from Iran. Soviet troops occupying the Northern regions refused to allow Iranian troops to enter the region to put down the uprising. Hakimi submitted the issue to the UN Security Council and resigned from office in protest of Soviet actions in January 1946.^[4]

Death

Hakimi died in Tehran in 1959.^[2]