Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou
| Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou | |
|---|---|
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| 1st Publicly Elected Mayor of Hamedan | |
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In office 1950–1960 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1917 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | May 20, 2007 |
| Spouse(s) | Fereshteh Abbaspour |
Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou (Persian: اميرنصرت الله بالاخانلو) (1917 – May 20, 2007) was an Iranian (Persian) politician. Born in Tehran, he served as a two-time Mayor and MP for Hamedan in 1950s and early 1960s.[1]
Biography
Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou was born in Tehran, Iran. He was one of the two sons of Commander Asad Khan of Talesh.[2] His maternal grandfather, Mirza Mahmud Ehtesham ol-Saltaneh, was the Iranian ambassador to Russia, and was the President of the Majlis in the early 1900s. Ehtesham ol-Saltaneh was also one of the founding fathers of the Iranian Constitution during the Qajar dynasty.[3]
As a young man, Amir N. Balakhanlou completed his higher education and his military service in the Royal Air Force Academy of Iran. In the mid-1950s, he served as the first publicly elected mayor of Hamedan.[4] He continued to serve a second term as the mayor, and in the early 1960s, became the MP from Hamedan in Iran's twenty-first (21st) round of Parliament (Majlis of Iran).[5]
References
- ↑ دكتر بهروز مرادي: قدرشناسي مردم همدان كمنظير و نمونه است Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ فرزندان و نوادگان بالاخانلو درباره پدر چه ميگويند؟ Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Parliamentary Library – "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.
- ↑ Fars News Agency : خاكسپاري اولين شهردار مردمي همدان
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.