Ali Soheili (; 1895 – 1 May 1958) was an Iranian diplomat. He served as
Prime Minister of Iran
The prime minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...
for two terms in the early 1940s.
Biography
Soheili was born in
Tabriz
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in 1895.
He studied at
Saint Louis school in Tehran.
Soheili served as prime minister from 9 March to 9 August 1942, and from 15 February 1943 to 6 April 1944.
[ He was the ambassador of Pahlavi Iran to Britain in 1953.
The ]Tehran Conference
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took place during his administration.
It is written that he was well versed in the Fine Arts
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(music, painting). He died of cancer at the age of 62 in London
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.
See also
*Pahlavi dynasty
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* List of prime ministers of Iran
References
External links
*'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), ''Iran in the Past Three Centuries'' (''Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh'' – ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing – انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
20th-century Iranian diplomats
1895 births
1958 deaths
Prime ministers of Iran
Politicians from Tabriz
Ambassadors of Iran to the United Kingdom
Deaths from cancer in England
Ministers of foreign affairs of Iran
Burials at Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine
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