Manouchehr Eghbal

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Manuchehr Iqbal

Dr. Manuchehr Eqbal (1909-1977) (variation: "Eghbal", in Persian: منوچهر اقبال) was a Prime Minister of Iran.

He was born October 14, 1909, in Mashhad, studied at Darolfonoon, and finished advanced studies in medicine in Paris in 1933.

During a visit by Mohammad Reza Shah to Khorasan Province in 1934, the Shah was stung by a bee. Eqbal gained the Shah's favor as he was the physician who attended the bee sting.

In 1950, he was appointed Chancellor of Tabriz University, followed by Tehran University in 1954. Five years later he became Iran's envoy to UNESCO. He then taught at Sorbonne for a while and became a member of The French National Academy of Medicine.

In politics, he served as Minister of Health in Ahmad Ghavam's cabinet, Minister of Culture in Abdolhosein Hazhir's cabinet, Minister of Transportation in RajabAli Mansur's cabinet, and Interior Minister in Mohammad Sa'ed's cabinet. He was governor of East Azarbaijan province for a while.

In 1957, he became Prime Minister. Jamshid Amuzegar served as Minister of Agriculture in his cabinet. Eqbal continued as Prime Minister until 1960. Later, until his final days, he served as a top executive in Iran's National Oil Company.

Eqhbal died of a heart attack on November 25, 1977, in Tehran, aged 68.

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The following reference was used for the above writing: "Iran in the last 3 Centuries" by Alireza Avsati. Published Tehran, 2003. Vol1 ISBN 964-93406-6-1 Vol2 ISBN 964-93406-5-3