Esmail Merat
Esmail Merat | |
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اسماعیل مرآت | |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 27 August 1941 – 12 November 1941 | |
| Monarch | Mohammad Reza Shah |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Ali Foroughi |
| Succeeded by | Baqer Kazemi |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 20 September 1935 – 27 August 1941 | |
| Monarch | Reza Shah |
| Prime Minister | Mahmoud Djam Ahmad Matin-Daftari Ali Mansur |
| Preceded by | Hekmat E Shirazi |
| Succeeded by | Isa Sedigh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1893 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 18 December 1949 (aged 56) New York City, United States |
| Resting place | Alijan Garden, Rey, Iran |
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Esmail Merat (Persian: اسماعیل مرآت; March 7, 1893 – December 18, 1949) was Iran's minister of education during Reza Shah's reign. He is the founder of some faculties of university of Tehran, including the law and technical faculties. He has also founded the art section of University of Tehran.
He suggested a change in medical university law, which caused managing Tehran hospital under medical faculty. In 1956, in respect of his valuable works, one of university streets named to his name.
He was very eager to publish suitable educational books, which results in more than 200 high school books. Founding Academy of Persian Language and Literature was another organization which founded because of his suggestion and due to Reza Shah's command.