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Farrokhroo Parsa

1922 - 1980

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Farrokhroo Parsa (Persian: فرخرو پارسا; 24 March 1922 – 8 May 1980) was an Iranian physician, educator, and parliamentarian. She served as minister of education under Amir Abbas Hoveida and was the first female cabinet minister. Parsa was an outspoken supporter of women's rights in Iran. During the outset of the Islamic Cultural Revolution, Parsa was executed by firing squad on 8 May 1980 in Tehran due to her feminist beliefs. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Farrokhroo Parsa is the 10,475th most popular politician (up from 11,970th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from Iran (up from 316th in 2019) and the 135th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Farrokhroo Parsa ranks 10,475 out of 19,576. Before her are Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Edgars Rinkēvičs, George McGovern, Elizabeth Warren, Adolf Wagner, and Tommy Lapid. After her are Odilo, Duke of Bavaria, Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, Heo Gyun, Tini Beg, William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and Joseph B. Foraker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Farrokhroo Parsa ranks 189. Before her are Dilip Kumar, Shovkat Alakbarova, Virgilio Noè, Georges Cottier, Bob Anderson, and George McGovern. After her are Eileen Essell, Eusebio Tejera, Jackie Cooper, George Knobel, Manuel Fraga, and Alexander Zinoviev. Among people deceased in 1980, Farrokhroo Parsa ranks 126. Before her are Gerhard Hanappi, Boun Oum, Justas Paleckis, Gastone Nencini, Rosa Albach-Retty, and David Janssen. After her are Cecil Beaton, Marian Spychalski, Miguel Capuccini, George Borg Olivier, Richard Chase, and John W. McCormack.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Farrokhroo Parsa ranks 266 out of 631. Before her are Shaun Toub (1963), Táhirih (1817), Ali Daei (1969), Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), Leila Pahlavi (1970), and Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875). After her are Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Arash (1977), Kader Abdolah (1954), Ahmad Jannati (1927), Ubayd Zakani (1301), and Maryam Rajavi (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Farrokhroo Parsa ranks 135. Before her are Orodes I of Parthia (-190), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), Lotf Ali Khan (1769), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), and Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798). After her are Ahmad Jannati (1927), Maryam Rajavi (1953), Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Jafar Khan (1800), Mehdi Karroubi (1937), and Mostafa Chamran (1932).

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