Hossein Navab or Hossein Navvab (Persian: حسین نواب; 1897–1972) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as foreign minister briefly in 1952.
Hossein Navab | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran | |
| In office 26 July 1952 – October 1952 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Mosaddegh |
| Preceded by | Bagher Kazemi |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Fatemi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mirza Hossein Khan Navab 1897 |
| Died | 1972 (aged 74–75) |
Career edit
Navab was a career diplomat. In the 1930s he was second secretary at the Iranian Embassy in London.[1] He served as the consul general of Iran in New York in the 1940s.[2] He was also the ambassador of Iran to the Netherlands.[3] He served as the minister of foreign affairs in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh which was announced on 26 July 1952.[4] Navab resigned from office without citing any reason on 9 October 1952, and Hossein Fatemi succeeded him in the post.[5]
References edit
- ^ Mortimer Epstein, ed. (1934). "Persia". The Statesman's Year-Book. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1200. doi:10.1057/9780230270633. ISBN 978-0-230-27063-3.
- ^ Bretton Woods. "Final Act". Commission for Looted Art in Europe. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Judgement of International Court of Justice". World Courts. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Developments of the Quarter: Comment and Chronology". The Middle East Journal. 6 (4): 459. Autumn 1952. JSTOR 4322439.
- ^ "Iran planning envoy shift". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Tehran. United Press International. 13 October 1952. Retrieved 25 July 2013.