Fereydoun Mahdavi

Fereydoun Mahdavi
Fereydoun Mahdavi
Minister of Commerce
	In office; 1974–1976
Prime Minister	Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
Minister without portfolio for Sports
	In office; 1976–1978
Prime Minister	Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
Personal details
Born	1932; Tehran, Iran
Died	2014 (aged 81–82); Paris, France
Political party	Resurgence Party (1975–78)
Other political; affiliations	National Front (1960s)
Relatives	Mehdi Samii
Alma mater	University of Hamburg

Fereydoun Mahdavi (Persian: فریدون مهدوی) was an Iranian economist and politician.^[1] From 1974 to 1978, he served in the cabinet under Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.^[1]

During the 1960s, Mahdavi was a member of the opposition National Front (II), having been arrested during student protests and jailed as an anti-Shah political prisoner for less than a year.^[1] In 1975, he joined the royalist Resurgence Party as a high-ranking member, which severely damaged his reputation.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. pp. 205–212. ISBN 978-0815609070.

"Interview with Mahdavi, Fereidoun: Tape 02", Iranian Oral History Project, Harvard University, 9 June 1984
Marefati, Shadi (9 June 2018), "بولدوزر سرکوب" [The Bulldozer of Suppression], Tejarat-e-Farda Magazine (in Persian), no. 271, 27162

Party political offices
New title Party established	Deputy Secretary-General of the Resurgence Party 1975–1976	Succeeded by Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani

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[M-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. pp. 205–212. ISBN 978-0815609070.

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