Javad Bushehri (Persian: جواد بوشهری; 1893–1972), also known as Amir Homayun, was an Iranian businessman and statesman who held several government posts.[1] In addition, he served at the Majlis and Senate and also, was the governor of the Fars province.
Javad Bushehri | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Roads | |
| In office 1951 – June 1952 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Mosaddegh |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 1948–1948 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Abdolhossein Hazhir |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1893 Bushehr, Iran |
| Died | 1972 (aged 78–79) |
| Parent | Haj Mohammad Moin Al Tajjar (father) |
Early life and education
editJavad Busehri was born in Bushehr in 1893.[2] His father, Haj Mohammad Mo'in-al-Tojjar, was a businessman.[2] After receiving education in his hometown Javad Busehri attended a German school in Tehran. Then he studied trade and economics in England and Switzerland.[2]
Career and activities
editFollowing his return to Iran Bushehri involved in business and politics.[2] During the reign of Reza Shah he was a member of the Majlis representing Tehran.[2] His relationship with Reza Shah became strained, and Bushehri left Iran for Europe due to his fear of being arrested by the Shah.[2] He could come Iran only after the abdication of Reza Shah.[2] Then Bushehri was appointed governor of the Fars province and then, was made the minister of agriculture in the cabinet of Prime Minister Abdolhossein Hazhir in 1948.[2] The same year he was also elected to the Senate, but resigned from the post soon.[2]
Bushehri was the minister of roads in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in the period 1951–1952.[3] He also served as the spokesman of the Mosaddegh government.[4]
In 1960 he was vice president of the celebration committee established for the anniversary of the Persian Empire and a senator.[5]
Personal life and death
editBushehri was related to the Pahlavi family in that his nephew, Mehdi Bushehri, was the third husband of Princess Ashraf, sister of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[6] He died in 1972.
References
edit- ^ Ardeshir Zahedi; Ahmad Ahrar (2012). Memoirs of Ardeshir Zahedi (Volume One: From Childhood to the End of My Father's Premiership (1928-1954)). Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-58814-073-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "جواد بوشهری" (in Persian). Institute for Iranian Contemporary Studies. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Mostafa Elm (1994). Oil, Power, and Principle: Iran's Oil Nationalization and Its Aftermath. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-8156-2642-8.
- ^ Reza Ghasimi (Summer 2011). "Iran's Oil Nationalization and Mossadegh's Involvement with the World Bank". Middle East Journal. 65 (3): 449. doi:10.3751/65.3.15. S2CID 143667751.
- ^ Gholam Reza Afkhami (2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-520-94216-5.
- ^ Houchang Chehabi (2018). "The Shiraz Festival and its Place in Iran's Revolutionary Mythology". In Roham Alvandi (ed.). The Age of Aryamehr: Late Pahlavi Iran and Its Global Entanglements. London: Gingko Library. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-909942-19-6.