Ali Mansur

{{Short description|Iranian Prime Minister (1886-1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{pp-protected|reason=Persistent [[WP:Disruptive editing|disruptive editing]] - repeated attempts by IPs to hijack the page|small=yes}} {{distinguish|Hassan Ali Mansur}} {{for multi|the village in Iran|Ali Mansur, Iran|the basketball player|Ali Mansour (basketball)}} {{Infobox President | name = Ali Mansur | image = Mansorolmolk.jpg | birth_date = 1886 | birth_place = [[Tehran]], [[Qajar Iran]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1974|12|8|1886|df=y}} | death_place = Tehran, [[Pahlavi Iran]] | order2 = 25th | office2 = Prime Minister of Iran | term_start3 = 26 June 1940 | term_end3 = 27 August 1941 | monarch3 = [[Reza Shah]] | predecessor3 = [[Ahmad Matin-Daftari]] | successor3 = [[Mohammad-Ali Foroughi]] | deputy2 = | term_start2 = 4 April 1950 | term_end2 = 25 June 1950 | monarch2 = [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] | predecessor2 = [[Mohammad Sa'ed]] | successor2 = [[Ali Razmara]] | party = [[Revival Party]] | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = [[Hassan Ali Mansur]] | website = }} '''Ali Khan Mansur''' ({{langx|fa|علی خان منصور}}, also known as ''Mansur ul-Mulk'' ({{lang|fa|منصورالملک}})&lrm;; 1886 – 8 December 1974) was the [[prime minister of Iran]] for two terms, in 1940-1941 and again in 1950.

==Biography== Born in [[Tehran]], he served as Governor of [[Khorasan Province|Khorasan]] and [[Azarbaijan]] provinces, and was an ambassador to [[Italy]], The [[Holy See|Vatican]], and [[Turkey]].

He served twice as Prime Minister (from 1940 to 1941, and again in 1950)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=9 December 1974|title=Ali Khan Mansour, Ex-Premier of Iran|language=en-US|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/12/09/archives/ali-khan-mansour-expremier-of-iran.html|access-date=4 August 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and six times as Cabinet Minister.{{Citation needed|date=April 2018}} He resigned as Prime Minister several days after 25 August 1941, when British and Soviet troops [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran|invaded Iran]] to suppress German activity.<ref name=":0"/>

Before [[World War II]], Mansur was the minister of roads and railway during construction of the [[Trans-Iranian Railway]].<ref name=":0"/> After World War II, Mansur was appointed governor general of Azerbaijan in 1946 and was appointed ambassador to Turkey in 1953.<ref name=":0"/>

His son, [[Hassan Ali Mansur]], served as prime minister from 1964 to 1965.

==See also== *[[List of Iranian Prime Ministers]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Other References== * 'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), ''Iran in the past three centuries'' (''Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh'' - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003). {{ISBN|964-93406-6-1}} (Vol. 1), {{ISBN|964-93406-5-3}} (Vol. 2).

==External links== *{{Commons-inline}} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | before= [[Ahmad Matin-Daftari]]| title= [[Prime Minister of Iran]] | years= 1940–1941 | after= [[Mohammad-Ali Foroughi]] }} {{succession box | before= [[Mohammad Sa'ed]]| title= [[Prime Minister of Iran]] | years= 1950 | after= [[Ali Razmara]] }} {{s-end}}

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