Hossein Navab
Iranian politician and diplomat (1897–1972)
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Hossein Navab or Hossein Navvab (Persian: حسین نواب; 1897–1972) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as foreign minister briefly in 1952.
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterMohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded byBagher Kazemi
Succeeded byHossein Fatemi
Hossein Navab | |
|---|---|
حسین نواب | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran | |
| In office 26 July 1952 – October 1952 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Mosaddegh |
| Preceded by | Bagher Kazemi |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Fatemi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mirza Hossein Khan Navab 1897 |
| Died | 1972 (aged 74–75) |
Career
Navab was a career diplomat. In the 1930s he was second secretary at the Iranian Embassy in London.[1] He served as the consul general of Iran in New York in the 1940s.[2] He was also the ambassador of Iran to the Netherlands.[3] He served as the minister of foreign affairs in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh which was announced on 26 July 1952.[4] Navab resigned from office without citing any reason on 9 October 1952, and Hossein Fatemi succeeded him in the post.[5]