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Mohammad Mosaddegh

1882 - 1967

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Mohammad Mosaddegh (Persian: محمد مصدق, IPA: [mohæmˈmæd(-e) mosædˈdeɢ] ; 16 June 1882 – 5 March 1967) was an Iranian politician, author, and lawyer who served as the 30th Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953, elected by the 16th Majlis. He was a member of the Iranian parliament from 1923, and served through a contentious 1952 election into the 17th Iranian Majlis, until his government was overthrown in the 1953 Iranian coup d'etat aided by the intelligence agencies of the United Kingdom (MI6) and the United States (CIA), led by Kermit Roosevelt Jr. His National Front was suppressed from the 1954 election. Before its removal from power, his administration introduced a range of social and political measures such as social security, land reforms and higher taxes including the introduction of taxation on the rent of land. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Mosaddegh is the 1,252nd most popular politician (down from 1,007th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Iran (up from 50th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Iranian Politician.

Mohammad Mosaddegh was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953. He is most famous for his nationalization of the Iranian oil industry and his overthrow by a CIA-backed coup d'état.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Mosaddegh ranks 1,252 out of 19,576. Before him are Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Mary, Queen of Hungary, Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, Xiang Yu, Andronikos II Palaiologos, and Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia. After him are Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Constantine III, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Totila, Philip III of Macedon, and John III of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Mohammad Mosaddegh ranks 18. Before him are Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Emmy Noether, Günther von Kluge, Percy Williams Bridgman, Abdullah I of Jordan, and Kurt von Schleicher. After him are Melanie Klein, Abd el-Krim, James Franck, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Edward Hopper, and Zoltán Kodály. Among people deceased in 1967, Mohammad Mosaddegh ranks 12. Before him are Vivien Leigh, John Nance Garner, Albert Lutuli, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ed White, and Spencer Tracy. After him are Vladimir Komarov, Edward Hopper, Zoltán Kodály, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Clement Attlee, and Claude Rains.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh ranks 49 out of 631. Before him are Farah Pahlavi (1938), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Doris Lessing (1919), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), and Saadi Shirazi (1210). After him are Reza Shah (1878), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Mahsa Amini (1999), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), and Astyages (-700).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh ranks 21. Before him are Antiochus III the Great (-241), Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247), Ardashir I (180), Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), and Hassan Rouhani (1948). After him are Reza Shah (1878), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), Astyages (-700), and Cambyses I (-600).

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