| Ali-Asghar Naghdi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of War | |
In office September 1960 – March 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Jafar Sharif-Emami Ali Amini Asadollah Alam |
| Succeeded by | Asadollah Sanii |
In office March 1951 – December 1951 | |
| Prime Minister | Hossein Ala' Mohammad Mossadegh |
| Preceded by | Abdollah Hedayat |
| Succeeded by | Morteza Yazdanpanah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1895 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | November , 1966 (aged Error: Need valid year, month, day) |
| Alma mater | Kazakhkhaneh officer school |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Iran
|
| Service/branch | Imperial Iranian Armed Forces |
| Rank | Lieutenant general |
| Commands | Commander-in Chief of Iranian Armed Forces |
Ali-Asghar Naghdi (1895–1966) as Minister of Defense in the governments of Hossein Ala', Mohammad Mossadegh, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Ali Amini and Asadollah Alam.
Early life[]
After completing his secondary education in the seminaries of the Qajar and Dar al-Fonun schools, he entered the Kazakhkhaneh school and passed the course. He achieved the rank of officer and often participated in internal conflicts and showed great courage. Therefore, he received his ranks quickly and reached the rank of colonel, and he was very close to Reza Khan, and he was a companion in traveling and attending.[1] In 1912, he was sent to Europe by the army. He returned to Iran and commanded several infantry regiments. In 1931, he was in charge of commanding the Khuzestan Brigade, and after that he was the commander of several brigades in Tehran.
Minister of War[]
He became a lieutenant general in April 1951 and was introduced as the Minister of War in Hossein Ala's cabinet. In the first cabinet, Mohammad Mossadegh was also the Minister of War; But he did not last long and retired. When the Imperial Inspectorate was established, he was elected deputy governor. In 1960, in the reshuffle of Jafar Sharif-Emami's cabinet, he returned to the Ministry of War, and during the time of the Prime Minister and Ali Amini, he was still the Minister of War, and in the first cabinet of Asadollah Alam, he was in charge of the Minister of War; However, he replaced his deputy in the cabinet reshuffle and resigned[2] he died in 1966.
References[]
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