Abdul Hamid Zangeneh

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

Abdul Hamid Zangeneh (1899–1951; Persian: عبدالحمید زنگنه) 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 obtained a degree in law and political science in Tehran.^[1] He received a PhD in law and economics in Paris in 1929, and his thesis was about the oil economy.^[1]

Career

Following his return to Iran in 1935 Zangeneh was employed in the Ministry of Education.^[1] He became a professor at the law school of the University of Tehran of which he served as the dean.^[1]^[2] He was co-editor of the newspaper Iran Javan.^[1] Zangeneh represented Kermanshah in the 14th term of the Majlis.^[1] In the period between December 1948 and 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 by a student in front of Tehran University on 19 March 1951 and was badly wounded in the back.^[3]^[4] He died on 25 March.^[5] The murderer was Nosratollah Ghumi, a member of the radical group Fada'iyan-e Islam.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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.
^ Cyrus Vakili-Zad (Spring 1990). "Organization, Leadership and Revolution: Religiously-Oriented Opposition in the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979". Journal of Conflict Studies. 10 (2): 14.
^ "Martial Law In Persia". The Times. Tehran. 21 March 1951. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ Hassan Mohammadi Nejad (1970). Elite-Counterelite Conflict and the Development of a Revolutionary Movement: The Case of Iranian National Front (PhD thesis). Southern Illinois University Carbondale. p. 89. ISBN 9798657957457. ProQuest 302536657.
^ "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: Springer. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-319-55690-1.

[yap2-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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] Cyrus Vakili-Zad (Spring 1990). "Organization, Leadership and Revolution: Religiously-Oriented Opposition in the Iranian Revolution of 1978-1979". Journal of Conflict Studies. 10 (2): 14.

[3] "Martial Law In Persia". The Times. Tehran. 21 March 1951. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

[4] Hassan Mohammadi Nejad (1970). Elite-Counterelite Conflict and the Development of a Revolutionary Movement: The Case of Iranian National Front (PhD thesis). Southern Illinois University Carbondale. p. 89. ISBN 9798657957457. ProQuest 302536657.

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

[6] 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: Springer. p. 63. ISBN 978-3-319-55690-1.

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