Kazem Hassibi (Hasibi) () (born

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, October 1906 – died Tehran, October 28, 1990) was an Iranian academic, parliamentarian, National Front leader, and oil adviser to Prime Minister

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during Iran's oil nationalization movement. After his education in France, Hassibi served a stint in the military. In 1941, he began teaching at the

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in the Faculty of Engineering and also co-founded the Engineer's Association (Kānun-e mohandesin), which would eventually become the

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(Ḥezb-e Irān) and merge into the National Front (Jebhe Melli Irân). Politically active on issues related to oil, he became Deputy Minister of Finance under Mosaddegh and, in 1951, a member of the House of Parliament. During this time, he was regarded as the chief oil expert in Iran. He was a strong proponent of nationalization of the

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and refused to take part in the mediation talks between Iran and the British led by

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in Tehran in July 1951. He did take part in those spearheaded by Richard Stokes the following month. After the

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unseated Mosaddegh, Hassibi was imprisoned along with other important members of the National Front. After his release, he remained politically active with the National Front. Hassibi was a religious man and the son of a prominent bazaar merchant who had been sent to France by Reza Shah to undertake a seven-year course of the École Polytechnique, where he read physics and geophysics.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hassibi, Kazem National Front (Iran) MPs 20th-century Iranian engineers 1906 births 1990 deaths Iran Party politicians Members of the 17th Iranian Majlis