Ali-Asghar Naghdi (1895–1966) was an Imperial Army general and served as the

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in the governments of

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and

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Early life

After completing his secondary education in the seminaries of the Qajar and Dar al Fonun schools, he entered the Kazakhkhaneh school and passed the course. He achieved the rank of officer and often participated in internal conflicts and showed great courage. Therefore, he received his ranks quickly and reached the rank of colonel, and he was very close to

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, and he was a companion in traveling and attending. In 1912, he was sent to Europe by the army. He returned to Iran and commanded several infantry regiments. In 1931, he was in charge of commanding the

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Brigade, and after that he was the commander of several brigades in

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Minister of war

Naghdi was named as the minister of war in Hossein Ala's

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in March 1951. He became a lieutenant general in April 1951. In the first cabinet of Mohammad Mossadegh he was also the minister of war. However, his tenure did not last long, and he retired from the army. When the Imperial Inspectorate was established, he was elected deputy governor. In 1960, in the reshuffle of

's cabinet, he returned to the cabinet as the minister of war. In the government headed by the Prime Minister Ali Amini, he was also the minister of war. In the first cabinet of Asadollah Alam he served in the same post. He was replaced by his deputy in a cabinet reshuffle.Tolouei, Mahmoud, Actors of the Pahlavi era, Tehran, Alam 1993, vol. 2, p. 925. He died in 1966.

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