Abdullah Moazzami
| Abdullah Moazzami | |
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| 15th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 1 July 1953 – 16 August 1953 |
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| Preceded by | Abolghasem Kashani |
| Succeeded by | Reza Hekmat |
| Member of the Parliament | |
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In office 27 April 1952 – 16 August 1953 |
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| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
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In office 9 February 1950 – 19 February 1952 |
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| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
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In office 12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949 |
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| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
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In office 7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946 |
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| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1907 or 1909 Golpayegan, Iran |
| Died | 1971 Tehran, Iran |
| Resting place | Ibn Babawayh Cemetery |
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| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Occupation | Law professor |
Abdullah Moazzami (Persian: عبدالله معظمی) was an Iranian lawyer and politician. He taught at University of Tehran and was a member of Parliament of Iran for four consecutive terms from 1944 to 1953. Moazzami came from an upper-class and titled landlord family and has been described as a "man of moderate demeanor and connected with several factions by both family and politics".
In 1952, he lost to the royalist cleric Hassan Emami for the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. On 1 July 1953, he was elected as the speaker by a vote of 41 to 31, with one abstention.
After 1953 Iranian coup d'état, he was briefly imprisoned.
His brother, Seyfollah Moazzami, served as minister of post & telegraph under Government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.
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