Abdul Hamid Zangeneh

Abdul Hamid Zangeneh
Abdul Hamid Zangeneh
Minister of Education
	In office; December 1948 – March 1950
Personal details
Born	1899; Kermanshah
Died	25 March 1951 (aged 51–52); Tehran
Political party	Socialist Party
Occupation	Academic

Abdul Hamid Zangeneh (1899–1951) 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.

Early life and education

Zangeneh was born in Kermanshah in 1899.[1] He graduated from the law school and the political school in Tehran.[1] He received a PhD in law and economics in Paris in 1929, and his thesis was concerned with the oil economy.[1]

Career

Following his return to Iran in 1935 Zangeneh was employed the Ministry of Education.[1] He was promoted to professorship at the law school of the University of Tehran and served as its dean.[1] He was co-editor of the newspaper Iran Javan.[1] Zangeneh represented Kermanshah in the 14th term of the Majlis.[1] In the period December 1948–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 in front of Tehran University on 25 March 1951.[2] The murderer was Nosratollah Ghumi, a member of the radical group Fada'iyan-e Islam.[3]

References

Malcolm Yapp, ed. (2002). British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Vol. 9. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-55655-765-1.
"Iran Official Dies from Bullet Wound". The Free Lance Star. Tehran. 26 March 1951. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
Mosa Zahed (2017). "The Evolution and Ascension of Iran's Terror Apparatus". In Paulo Casaca; Siegfried O. Wolf (eds.). Terrorism Revisited: Islamism, Political Violence and State-Sponsorship. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-319-55690-1.

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[yap2-1] Malcolm Yapp, ed. (2002). British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Vol. 9. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-55655-765-1.

[2] "Iran Official Dies from Bullet Wound". The Free Lance Star. Tehran. 26 March 1951. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[3] Mosa Zahed (2017). "The Evolution and Ascension of Iran's Terror Apparatus". In Paulo Casaca; Siegfried O. Wolf (eds.). Terrorism Revisited: Islamism, Political Violence and State-Sponsorship. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-319-55690-1.