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
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterMohammad Mosaddegh
Minister of Agriculture
In office
1948–1948
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterAbdolhossein Hazhir
Personal details
Born1893
Bushehr, Iran
Died1972 (aged 78–79)
ParentHaj Mohammad Moin Al Tajjar (father)

Early life and education

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Javad 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

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Following 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

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Bushehri 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.