Mohsen Sadr | |
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| 30th Prime Minister of Iran | |
| In office 6 June 1945 – 30 October 1945 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Hakimi |
| Succeeded by | Ebrahim Hakimi |
| President of the Senate | |
| In office 11 September 1960 – 11 September 1964 | |
| Preceded by | Hassan Taqizadeh |
| Succeeded by | Jafar Sharif-Emami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1871 Mahallat, Markazi Province, Iran |
| Died | 19 October 1962 (aged 91) Tehran, Iran |
Mohsen Sadr (Persian: محسن صدر; also known by his title: Sadr ol-Ashraf [II]; 1871 – 19 October 1962)[1] was a judge and politician, the prime minister of Iran and the president of the Senate of Iran. During his government, Iran became one of the founding states of the United Nations by signing the Charter of the United Nations.[2][3]
He was born in Mahallat in Markazi in 1871 as the son of Seyyed Hossein 'Fakhr ol-Zakerin', a wealthy clergyman, by a daughter of Hajji Molla Akbar Khorassani. He received his title "Sadr ol-Ashraf' after the death of his paternal uncle Seyyed Sadr ed-Din 'Sadr ol-Ashraf', who had been the son-in-law of the very influential courtier Anoushirvan (Shir) Khan Qajar Qovanlou 'Eyn ol-Molk' 'Etezad od-Doleh' (a cousin of Nasser ed-Din Shah).[4] Mohsen 'Sadr ol-Ashraf' served as royal tutor to one of Nasereddin Shah's sons, and served in many senior government positions in his career, such as President of the High Court of Justice in Tehran, Governor of Khorasan, Speaker of Majlis, Minister of The Judiciary (five times), Prime Minister in 1945 and Senator (twice). After the death of Prince Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma in 1939 he acted as the executor of the last will of Farmanfarma and guardian of his children.
Mohsen Sadr died in Tehran of brain cancer on 19 October 1962 at the age of 91. He had three sons and seven daughters. His first child was "Abul Qasem Sadr". Hossein Eslambolchi, an Iranian-American experimental physicist and engineer, is the grandson of Abul Qasem Sadr and the great grandchild of Mohsen Sadr.[3][5]
