Hossein Ala
| Hossein Ala' | |
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| 59th & 64th Prime Minister of Iran | |
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In office 7 April 1955 – 3 April 1957 |
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| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Fazlollah Zahedi |
| Succeeded by | Manouchehr Eghbal |
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In office 12 March 1951 – 27 April 1951 |
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| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Preceded by | Haj Ali Razmara |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Mosaddeq |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 25 April 1943 – 2 March 1945 |
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| Prime Minister |
Ali Soheili Mohammad Sa'ed Morteza-Qoli Bayat |
| Preceded by | Mozaffar Alam |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Salehi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1881 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 12 July 1964 (aged 82) Tehran, Iran |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Hosein Alā (Persian: حسین علاء; December 13, 1881 in Tehran – July 12, 1964 in Tehran) was Prime Minister of Iran in 1951 and from 1955 to 1957.
He was born in 1882 in Tehran and spent his early years in London. He was educated at Westminster School and studied law at the University of London after which he was admitted to the bar at Inner Temple. He became involved in politics through a position in the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Iran.
In his early political life Ala served as the chef de cabinet of the Iranian foreign ministry from 1905 to 1916. Subsequently, he was a member of an Iranian diplomatic delegation sent to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. Despite the efforts of the delegation, led by Aliqoli Massoud Ansari, and assisted ably by Ala, the British government of the time nixed Iran's hopes of officially attending the diplomatic gathering. Moreover, with the Iranian Government in Tehran having recently negotiated the Anglo-Iranian Agreement it was decided that Ansari and Ala would be banished to foreign legations to ensure they would not act as lightning rods against the agreement. Ala was appointed as the Iranian diplomatic envoy to Spain in 1920. Shortly thereafter Ala was appointed as Iran's lead diplomat in Washington where he attempted to interest American oil companies to agree to invest in Iran, to undercut the monopoly of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
He then became a Member of Parliament and was among the opposition to the fall of the Qajar dynasty during the Shah Pahlavi transition.
From 1934 to 1936, Alā was ambassador to the United Kingdom. Alā was Iranian Ambassador to the United States from 1946 to 1950.
He was elected Prime Minister by parliament following the assassination of Haj Ali Razmara in 1951. His premiership, however, was not to last long, and he resigned on 27 April after Mohammad Mosaddegh had submitted another oil nationalization bill to parliament two days earlier. The issue of nationalization was a hot potato, and Alā did not want to appear to oppose it. During his brief administration, the term of service of Members of Parliament was increased from 2 to 4 years. He was later appointed as Court Minister, remaining one until his death.
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