Abdul Hamid Zangeneh

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Abdul Hamid Zangeneh
عبدالحمید زنگنه
Minister of Education
In office
December 1948 March 1950
Personal details
Born1899
Kermanshah, Qajar Iran
Died25 March 1951 (aged 5152)
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Political partySocialist Party
OccupationAcademic

Abdul Hamid Zangeneh (1899–1951; Persian: عبدالحمید زنگنه) was an Iranian scholar. He served as the minister of education from December 1948 to March 1950. He was assassinated by a member of the Fada'iyan-e Islam in March 1951.

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Early life and education

Zangeneh was born in Kermanshah in 1899. [1] He obtained a degree in law and political science in Tehran. [1] He received a PhD in law and economics in Paris in 1929, and his thesis was about the oil economy. [1]

Career

Following his return to Iran in 1935 Zangeneh was employed in the Ministry of Education. [1] He became a professor at the law school of the University of Tehran of which he served as the dean. [1] [2] He was co-editor of the newspaper Iran Javan. [1] Zangeneh represented Kermanshah in the 14th term of the Majlis. [1] In the period between December 1948 and March 1950 he served as the minister of education. [1] He became a member of the central committee of the Socialist Party which was established by Sardar Fakhir Hikmat in July 1949. [1]

Assassination

Zanganeh was assassinated by a student in front of Tehran University on 19 March 1951 and was badly wounded in the back. [3] [4] He died on 25 March. [5] The murderer was Nosratollah Ghumi, a member of the radical group Fada'iyan-e Islam. [6]

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