Ali Amini | |
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34th Prime Minister of Iran | |
In office 5 May 1961 – 19 July 1962 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Shah |
Preceded by | Jafar Sharif-Emami |
Succeeded by | Asadollah Alam |
Ambassador of Iran to the United States | |
In office 24 January 1956 – 22 May 1958 | |
Monarch | Mohammad Reza Shah |
Preceded by | Nasrollah Entezam |
Succeeded by | Ali Gholi Ardalan |
Minister of Justice | |
In office 7 April 1955 – 24 January 1956 | |
Prime Minister | Hossein Ala |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 19 August 1953 – 6 April 1955 | |
Prime Minister | Fazlollah Zahedi |
Preceded by | Nezam-ed-din Emami |
Succeeded by | Nasrollah Jahangir |
Minister of Economy | |
In office 5 August 1951 – 16 July 1952 | |
Prime Minister | Mohammad Mosaddegh |
Preceded by | Shamseddin Amir-Alaei |
Succeeded by | Bagher Kazemi |
In office 23 March 1950 – 26 June 1950 | |
Prime Minister | Ali Mansur |
Member of the National Consultative Assembly | |
In office 12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949 | |
Constituency | Tehran |
Personal details | |
Born | 12 September 1905 Tehran, Persia |
Died | 12 December 1992 Paris, France | (aged 87)
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Spouse |
Batoul Voosough
(m. 1932; died 1992) |
Children | Iraj |
Parents |
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Relatives | Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (grandfather) Vossug ed Dowleh (father-in-law) |
Alma mater | University of Grenoble University of Paris |
Ali Amini (Persian: علی امینی; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962. He held several cabinet portfolios during the 1950s, and served as a member of parliament between 1947 and 1949.
Amini was widely regarded as "a protégé of the United States"[1] and a "pro-American liberal reformer".[2]