Fereydoun Keshavarz

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Fereydoun Keshavarz
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Personal details
Born(1907-08-31)31 August 1907
Tudeh Party (1941–1958)
SpouseKhadijeh Keshavarz[1]
Alma materUniversity of Toulouse

Fereydoun Keshavarz (

communist
politician.

Early life and education

The son of a merchant from

Gilan who had taken part in the Persian Constitutional Revolution, Keshavarz studied in Dar ul-Funun before going to study medicine in France. He taught at University of Tehran after he returned to Iran.[2]

Career

Keshavarz entered politics in 1941, and joined Tudeh Party of Iran three months after its creation.[2] A leading member of the party, he was elected to its first central committee and served as the party's parliamentary spokesperson.[3] In the summer of 1946 he was named a minister in Qavam's coalition cabinet.[4] He broke away from the party in 1958,[5] because he came to believe that "Tudeh's policy is a betrayal of the working class".[6]

References

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Party political offices
New title Spokesperson of the Tudeh fraction
1944–1946 		Vacant


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