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Amir Abbas Hoveyda

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
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70th Prime Minister of Iran
In office
26 January 1965 – 7 August 1977
Acting until 1 February 1965
Monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Deputy Ardeshir Zahedi
Gholam Reza Azhari
Preceded by Hassan-Ali Mansur
Succeeded by Jamshid Amouzegar
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran
In office
7 March 1964 – 26 January 1965
Prime Minister Hassan-Ali Mansur
Preceded by Jafar Sharif-Emami
Succeeded by Ardeshir Zahedi
Minister of Finance
In office
7 March 1964 – 1 February 1965
Prime Minister Hassan-Ali Mansur
Preceded by Kamal Hassani
Succeeded by Jamshid Amouzegar
Minister of Royal Court
In office
7 August 1977 – 6 November 1978
Prime Minister Jamshid Amouzegar
Preceded by Asadollah Alam
Succeeded by Position abolished
Personal details
Born (1919-02-18)18 February 1919
Tehran, Iran
Died 7 April 1979(1979-04-07) (aged 60)
Tehran, Iran
Political party New Iran Party (1964–1975)
Rastakhiz (1975–1978)
Spouse(s) Rozita Mansur (1950–1952)
Leila Emami (1964–1973)
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Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (Persian: امیرعباس هویدا‎, translit. Amīr `Abbās Hoveyda‎; 18 February 1919 – 7 April 1979) was an Iranian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Iran from 27 January 1965 to 7 August 1977. He was prime minister for 13 years and is the longest serving prime minister in Iran's history. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Mansur's cabinet. After the Iranian Revolution, he was tried by the newly established Revolutionary Court for "waging war against God" and "spreading corruption on earth", and executed.

Born in Tehran in 1919 to Habibollah Hoveyda (Ayn ol-Molk), a seasoned diplomat, most prominent during the latter years of the Qajar dynasty, and Afsar ol-Moluk, a descendent of the very royal family the senior Hoveyda would serve for much of his adult life. While Hoveyda's father had been a Bahá'í, he had left the religion and Hoveyda himself was not religious. He was the nephew of Abdol Hossein Sardari, also known as "Schindler of Iran". Because of the responsibilities borne by diplomats such as Ayn ol-Molk, the Hoveyda family was never fixed in one residence for any prolonged length of time. Studying in various countries gave Hoveyda a unique cosmopolitan flair that would remain being his most enduring characteristic. During the family's stay in Beirut, Lebanon, Hoveyda attended Lycée Français, an institution affiliated with the French government. His love for France and its culture are rooted in his tutelage at the lycée. French literary works by the likes of André Gide, André Malraux, Molière, and Baudelaire, captivated the young Hoveyda and gave way for his intellectual growth. Some pundits suggest that it was Hoveyda's intellectual prowess which initially attracted him into the Shah's folds.


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