Mohammad Mosaddegh

Tags: Prime Minister.

Mohammad Mosaddegh or Mosaddeq (Persian: مُحَمَد مُصَدِق‎; IPA: [mohæmˈmæd(-e) mosædˈdeɣ] ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 until 1953 when his government was overthrown in a coup d’état orchestrated by the British MI6 and the American CIA.An author administrator lawyer prominent parliamentarian his administration introduced a range of progressive social and political reforms such as social security rent control and land reforms.

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active years end date

1952-07-16, 1953-08-19, 1967-03-05

active years start date

1920-05-01, 1949-01-01, 1951-04-28, 1952-07-21

alma mater

Sciences Po, University of Neuchâtel

birth date

1882-06-16

birth place

Tehran, Qajar dynasty

death date

1967-03-05

death place

Iran, Tehran, Ahmadabad-e Mosaddeq, Pahlavi dynasty

deputy

Ahmad Zirakzadeh, Karim Sanjabi, Hossein Fatemi

monarch

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

order in office

Member of Parliament of Iran, 60th and 62nd Prime Minister of Iran, Leader of National Front

party

National Front (Iran)

region

Tehran

religion

Islam

successor

Fazlollah Zahedi, Karim Sanjabi, Ahmad Qavam