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