Ahmad Ghavam
| Ahmad Qavam | |
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| 19th Prime Minister of Iran | |
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In office 17 July 1952 – 22 July 1952 |
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| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Mohammed Mosaddeq |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Mosaddeq |
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In office 28 January 1946 – 18 December 1947 |
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| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Hakimi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad-Reza Hekmat |
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In office 9 August 1942 – 15 February 1943 |
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| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Ali Soheili |
| Succeeded by | Ali Soheili |
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In office 22 June 1922 – 15 February 1923 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Hassan Pirnia |
| Succeeded by | Mostowfi ol-Mamalek |
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In office 4 June 1921 – 21 January 1922 |
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| Monarch | Ahmad Shah Qajar |
| Preceded by | Zia'eddin Tabatabaee |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Pirnia |
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| Born | 2 January 1873 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 23 July 1955 (aged 82) Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Democrat Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Reformers' Party (1920s) |
Ahmad Qavām (2 January 1873 – 23 July 1955) (Persian: احمد قوام), also known as Qavām os-Saltaneh (Persian: قوام السلطنه), was a politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran five times.
Qavam was born in 1876 to a prominent Iranian family. His uncle, Amin Aldoleh, was a prime minister of Iran. He served in the royal court of Nasereddin Shah early in his career. He slowly climbed his way up, and obtained the title Ghavam al-Saltaneh during the Constitutional Revolution of Iran. Hasan Vothuq (also known as Vothuq al-Dowleh) was his older brother. The letter signed by Mozaffaredin Shah to accept the Iranian Constitutional Revolution was written by Qavam, who had the title of Dabir-e Hozoor (Private Secretary) at the time. In fact Qavam was instrumental in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution[2]. He became Prime Minister several times during both Qajar and Pahlavi dynasties. Any time the country needed him, he accepted the challenge. He played a significant role in preventing the USSR from separating Iran's northern states twice [2]. Nevertheless, historians have mixed feelings about his legacy.
In 1921, during the coup d'état of Tehran against the Qajar government, Tabatabaei ordered Colonel Pesian to arrest many of the opposition, among them Ahmad Qavam. Qavam was arrested and sent to Tehran.
However with the fall of Zia'eddin Tabatabaee's government, Mostowfi ol-Mamalek among others was offered the position of Prime Minister, which he and the rest declined, due to the unstable political situation at the time. Hence Ghavam who had just been released from the Ishratabad prison of Tehran was offered the position, which he accepted and became Prime Minister overnight. So unusual was his rise that Iraj Mirza wrote the following verses:
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