Mahmoud Hessabi

Mahmoud Hessabi
Mahmoud Hessabi
Minister of Culture and Higher Education
In office
6 May 1951  16 July 1952
Prime MinisterMohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded byKarim Sanjabi
Succeeded byMehdi Azar
Senator from Tehran
In office
22 January 1950  9 May 1961
Appointed byMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Personal details
Born(1903-02-23)23 February 1903
Tehran, Qajar Iran
Died3 September 1992(1992-09-03) (aged 89)
Geneva, Switzerland
Resting placeTafresh, Iran
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut, Sorbonne, École Superieure d'Electricité
Occupationscientist

Mahmoud Hessabi (or Hessaby, Persian: محمود حسابی, 23 February 1903 3 September 1992) was an Iranian nuclear physicist and senator. He was the minister of education in the cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh from 1951 to 1952.