Fereydoun Keshavarz

Fereydoun Keshavarz
Minister of Culture
In office
1 August 1946 – 16 October 1946
Prime MinisterAhmad Qavam
Preceded byMohammad-Taqi Bahar
Succeeded byAli Shayegan
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946
ConstituencyAnzali Port
Personal details
Born(1907-08-31)31 August 1907
Anzali Port, Iran
Died6 October 2006(2006-10-06) (aged 99)
Switzerland
Political partyTudeh Party (1941–1958)
SpouseKhadijeh Keshavarz[1]
Alma materUniversity of Toulouse

Fereydoun Keshavarz (Persian: فریدون کشاورز; 1907–2006) was an Iranian physician and communist politician.

Early life and education

The son of a merchant from Gilan who had taken part in the Persian Constitutional Revolution, Keshavarz studied in Dar ul-Funun before going to study medicine in France. He taught at University of Tehran after he returned to Iran.[2]

Career

Keshavarz entered politics in 1941, and joined Tudeh Party of Iran three months after its creation.[2] A leading member of the party, he was elected to its first central committee and served as the party's parliamentary spokesperson.[3] In the summer of 1946 he was named a minister in Qavam's coalition cabinet.[4] He broke away from the party in 1958,[5] because he came to believe that "Tudeh's policy is a betrayal of the working class".[6]

References

  1. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 335. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  2. ^ a b Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 287–288. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  3. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 406. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  4. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 303. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  5. ^ Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 249. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  6. ^ Keshavarz, Fereydoun (July–August 1981). "Tudeh's Policy is a Betrayal of the Working Class". MERIP Reports (Interview). Iran Two Years After (98). Interviewed by Fred Halliday. Middle East Research and Information Project: 26–27, 31. JSTOR i350683.
Party political offices
New title Spokesperson of the Tudeh fraction
1944–1946 		Vacant


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