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Shahpour Bakhtiar

Shapour Bakhtiar
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74th Prime Minister of Iran
In office
4 January 1979 – 11 February 1979
Monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by Gholam Reza Azhari
Succeeded by Mehdi Bazargan
Member of Regency Council
In office
13 January 1979 – 22 January 1979
Appointed by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Personal details
Born 26 June 1914
Shahrekord, Iran
Died 6 August 1991(1991-08-06) (aged 77)
Suresnes, France
Nationality Iranian
Political party
Other political
affiliations
National Front (1949–1979)
Alma mater American University of Beirut
Institute of Political Studies
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  France
Service/branch French Army
Years of service 1940–1941
Unit 30th Artillerie Regiment
Battles/wars World War II

Shapour Bakhtiar (Persian: شاپور بختیار‎‎ About this sound Listen ; 26 June 1914 – 6 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He and his secretary were murdered in his home in Suresnes, near Paris.

Bakhtiar was born on 26 June 1914 in southwestern Iran into a family of Iranian tribal nobility, the family of the paramount chieftains of the then powerful Bakthiari tribe. His father was Mohammad Reza Khan (Sardar-e-Fateh), his mother Naz-Baygom, both Lori and Bakhtiaris. Bakhtiar's maternal grandfather, Najaf-Gholi Khan Samsam ol-Saltaneh, had been appointed prime minister twice, in 1912 and 1918.

Bakhtiar's mother died when he was seven years old. His father was executed by Reza Shah in 1934 while Shapour was studying in Paris.

He attended elementary school in Shahr-e Kord and then secondary school, first in Isfahan and later in Beirut, where he received his high school diploma from a French school. He attended Beirut University for two years. He and his cousin, Teymour Bakhtiar, then went to Paris for additional university education. There, he attended the College of Political Science.


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