Abdolhossein Teymourtash

Abdolhossein Teymourtash was an influential <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iranian</a> statesman who served as the first minister of court of the <a href="/facts/Pahlavi_dynasty/FDYMgMos">Pahlavi dynasty</a> from 1925 to 1932, and is credited with playing a crucial role in laying the foundations of modern <a href="/facts/Iran/24yukge8">Iran</a> in the 20th century.
Given his significant role in the transition of power from the <a href="/facts/Qajar_dynasty/sz5ulL0k">Qajar</a> to Pahlavi dynasties, he is identified closely with the Pahlavis for whom he served as the first minister of court from 1925 to 1933. Nonetheless, Teymourtash's rise to prominence on the Iranian political scene predated the rise of <a href="/facts/Reza_Shah/3c5dNTrb">Reza Shah</a> to the throne in 1925, and his elevation to the second most powerful political position in the early <a href="/facts/Pahlavi_Iran/WqU7j2W8">Pahlavi era</a> was preceded by a number of significant political appointments. Apart from having been elected to serve as a member of Parliament to the 2nd (1909–1911); 3rd (1914–1915); 4th (1921–1923); 5th (1924–1926); and 6th (1926–1928) <a href="/facts/Majles_of_Iran/VP5D5mdJ">Majles of Iran</a>, Teymourtash served in the following capacities: governor of Gilan (1919–1920); minister of justice (1922); governor of Kerman (1923–1924); and minister of public works (1924–1925).
As Miron Rezun noted, "possessing a pronounced western outlook on life, he is said to have been by far one of the most cultivated and educated Persians of his day". As such, apart from his significant accomplishments as one of the masterminds of the early Pahlavi era where he devised a number of fundamental bureaucratic reforms and navigated his country's foreign relations, Teymourtash has been credited with playing a significant role in shaping the intellectual and cultural currents that transformed Iran in the first half of the 20th century.

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Abdolhossein Teymourtash