Gholam-Ali Farivar

Gholam-Ali Farivar (Persian: غلامعلی فریور) was an Iranian engineer and politician.

Gholam-Ali Farivar
Ambassador of Iran to Switzerland
In office
1979–1980
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Minister of Industries
In office
1961–1962
Prime MinisterAli Amini
Member of the Parliament
In office
7 March 1944  12 March 1946
ConstituencyTehran
Personal details
Born
Gholam-Ali Farivar Tehrani[1]

1905/1906
Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
Political party
Alma materUniversity of Paris
OccupationEngineer

Early life and education

Farivar was born in 1905[2] or 1906 in a middle-class family in Enzeli, Gilan Province.[3] He studied engineering at University of Paris.[3]

Career

He was one of the early leaders of Iran Party,[3] having previously been a member of the Comrades Party's central committee.[4] In the 1944 Iranian legislative election, he was elected to the parliament along with five other fellow members of Iran Party.[3] He was among figures who played a role in establishment of the United Front of Progressive Parties, a coalition including the communist Tudeh Party of Iran.[5]

He served as industry minister in the cabinet of Ali Amini.[6] For some time, he was also chairman of board of directors of Mortgage Bank of Iran, as well as an advisor to the Ministry of Commerce.[2]

After the Iranian Revolution, Farivar was appointed as the ambassador to Switzerland.[1]

References

  1. Middle East Economic Digest, 23, 1979, p. 23
  2. Iran Who's who, 3, Echo of Iran, 1976, p. 161
  3. Abrahamian, Ervand (1982). Iran Between Two Revolutions. Princeton University Press. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-691-10134-5.
  4. Elwell-Sutton, L. P. (January 1949). "Political Parties in Iran 1941-1948". Middle East Journal. Middle East Institute. 3 (1): 45–62. JSTOR 4322041.
  5. Haddad Adel, Gholamali; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar; Taromi-Rad, Hassan (31 August 2012). "Iran Party". Political Parties: Selected Entries from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam. EWI Press. p. 146. ISBN 9781908433022.
  6. "Presse- und Informationsamt", Bulletin des Presse- und Informationsamtes der Bundesregierung (in German), Deutscher Bundes-Verlag, 1962, p. 321


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