Ali Amini
Ali Amini | |
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علی امینی | |
| 34th Prime Minister of Iran | |
| In office 5 May 1961 – 19 July 1962 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Shah |
| Preceded by | Jafar Sharif-Emami |
| Succeeded by | Asadollah Alam |
| Ambassador of Iran to the United States | |
| In office 24 January 1956 – 22 May 1958 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Shah |
| Preceded by | Nasrollah Entezam |
| Succeeded by | Ali Gholi Ardalan |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 7 April 1955 – 24 January 1956 | |
| Prime Minister | Hossein Ala |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 19 August 1953 – 6 April 1955 | |
| Prime Minister | Fazlollah Zahedi |
| Preceded by | Nezam-ed-din Emami |
| Succeeded by | Nasrollah Jahangir |
| Minister of Economy | |
| In office 5 August 1951 – 16 July 1952 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Mosaddegh |
| Preceded by | Shamseddin Amir-Alaei |
| Succeeded by | Bagher Kazemi |
| In office 23 March 1950 – 26 June 1950 | |
| Prime Minister | Ali Mansur |
| Member of the National Consultative Assembly | |
| In office 12 June 1947 – 28 July 1949 | |
| Constituency | Tehran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 September 1905 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 12 December 1992 (aged 87) Paris, France |
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| Spouse |
Batoul Voosough
(m. 1932; died 1992) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent |
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| Relatives | Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (grandfather) Vossug ed Dowleh (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Grenoble University of Paris |
Ali Amini (Persian: علی امینی; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962. He held several cabinet portfolios during the 1950s, and served as a member of parliament between 1947 and 1949.
Amini was widely regarded as "a protégé of the United States" and a "pro-American liberal reformer".