Ali-Akbar Siassi
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Ali-Akbar Siassi PhD (; 1896 – 27 May 1990) was a notable Iranian intellectual, psychologist and politician during the 1930s and 1960s, serving as the country's education and foreign minister, chancellor of
University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...
, minister of education (1943–1944), minister of foreign affairs (1945), minister of state without portfolio (1945). He drafted bill and law for National Compulsory Free Education, and took necessary measures for its enforcement 1943. Prof. of University of Tehran from 1927, head of Department of Advanced Studies of the Minister of Education in 1932, drafted bill and law for national compulsory free education, and took necessary measures for its enforcement 1943, member of the Supreme Council of Education, del III International Congress of Persian Art and Archaeology 1935, UN conference San Francisco 1945, President of the Iranian del. UNESCO Conference Paris 1949,
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Conference Paris 1951, International Conference of Universities Mexico City 1960, Permanent member of the Persian Academy, Honorary President of the University of Tehran, Member of International Committee Scientific and Cultural History of Humanity, President of Iranian Psychological Association, co-founder and President Irane-Djavan Association is other Siassi's positions.; Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur (France) en qualité de Recteur de L'université de Teheran 1946, Commandeur de Palmes Académiques (France).Siassi
/ref> Publications include: L'Education en Perse 1921, La Perse au contact de l'occident 1931, L'Iran au XIXe Siècle (all in French), Psychology 1938, Educational Psychology for Teacher's college 1941, Introduction to philosophy 1947, Logic and Methodology 1948, Mind and Body 1953, The Psychology of Avicenna and its similarities with the Modern Psychology 1954, Logic 1956, Ethics 1957, Logic and philosophy 1958, Psychology of Personality 1970, Theories of Personality 1975 (all in Persian).


References

All the above are in ''The International Who's Who 1979–1980'', (43rd edition)


External links


The Life and Times of the Shah

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Untreaty.un.org

Clothing: A Global History

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Siassi, Ali-Akbar 1896 births 1990 deaths Iranian diplomats Government ministers of Iran Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Commanders of the Legion of Honour