Abdollah Moazzami
Abdullah Moazami (Persian: عبدالله معظمی) was an Iranian lawyer and politician. He taught at University of Tehran and was a member of Parliament of Iran for four consecutive terms from 1944 to 1953. Moazami came from an upper-class and titled landlord family and has been described as a "man of moderate demeanor and connected with several factions by both family and politics".
Abdullah Moazzami | |
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| 15th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 1 July 1953 – 16 August 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Abolghasem Kashani |
| Succeeded by | Reza Hekmat |
| Member of the Parliament | |
| In office 27 April 1952 – 16 August 1953 | |
| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
| In office 9 February 1950 – 19 February 1952 | |
| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
| In office 12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949 | |
| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
| In office 7 March 1944 – 12 March 1946 | |
| Constituency | Khvansar and Golpayegan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1907 or 1909 Golpayegan, Iran |
| Died | 1971 Tehran, Iran |
| Resting place | Ibn Babawayh Cemetery |
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| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Occupation | Law professor |
In 1952, he lost to the royalist cleric Hassan Emami for the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. On 1 July 1953, he was elected as the speaker by a vote of 41 to 31, with one abstention.
After the 1953 Iranian coup d'état, he was briefly imprisoned.
His brother, Seyfollah Moazami, served as minister of post & telegraph under Government of Mohammad Mosaddegh.
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