Hossein Navab
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
In office
26 July 1952 – October 1952
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterMohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded byBagher Kazemi
Succeeded byHossein Fatemi
Personal details
Born
Mirza Hossein Khan Navab

1897
Died1972 (aged 74–75)

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]

References

  1. ^ Mortimer Epstein, ed. (1934). "Persia". The Statesman's Year-Book. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1200. doi:10.1057/9780230270633. ISBN 978-0-230-27063-3.
  2. ^ Bretton Woods. "Final Act". Commission for Looted Art in Europe. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Judgement of International Court of Justice". World Courts. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology". The Middle East Journal. 6 (4): 459. Autumn 1952. JSTOR 4322439.
  5. ^ "Iran planning envoy shift". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Tehran. United Press International. 13 October 1952. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

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