Mousa Namjoo

Mousa Namjoo
Minister of Defense
In office
2 September 1981 – 29 September 1981
Prime Minister Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani
Preceded by Mostafa Chamran
Succeeded by Javad Fakoori
Personal details
Born 17 December 1938
Bandar-e Anzali
Died 29 September 1981(1981-09-29) (aged 42)
Kahrizak District
Nationality Iranian
Children Three
Alma mater Imam Ali Military University
Religion Islam
Military service
Rank
Major general

Mousa Namjoo (Persian: موسی نامجو‎‎) (1938- 29 September 1981) was an Iranian military officer who served as the minister of defense and armed forces logistics in the interim government of Iran.

Biography

Namjoo was born in Bandar-e Anzali on 17 December 1938.[1] He graduated from Imam Ali Military University.[2] He was married and had three children.[3]

He worked at the National Military Academy with the rank of colonel.[4][5] He was instrumental in developing a cooperation between the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and army before and during the Iran Iraq war.[5] He also fought in the war.[6] He was appointed minister of defense and armed forces logistics to the interim government led by Prime Minister Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani on 2 September 1981.[7]

Namjoo was killed in a plane crash together with 80 other people on 29 September 1981 near Tehran.[4][6][8] The aircraft was a US-made C-130 Hercules transport plane.[9][10] Other leading military figures killed in the crash were Valiollah Fallahi, Javad Fahouri and Mohsen Kolahdoz.[11][12] On 1 October 1981, a funeral service was held for Namjoo and other victims at the military academy in Tehran.[9]

Legacy

A book, entitled A Man with Orange Color, was published by Ezzatollah Alvandi in 2005 concerning Namjoo's biography.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Alvandi, Ezzatolah (2005). مردی به رنگ پرتقال (شهید سید موسی نامجو) (in Persian). Tehran: Shahed. ISBN 964-394-210-4.
  2. ↑ شهید سرلشکر موسی نامجوی وب‌گاه رسمی وزارت دفاع ایران] Ministry of Defense
  3. ↑ خاطراتی ازشهید سرتیپ خلبان سید موسی نامجو وب‌گاه رسمی مرتضی آوینی] Aviny
  4. 1 2 "The Revolutionary Period". Country Data. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. 1 2 "National security". Pars Times. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 Kiefner, John (1 October 1981). "4 military chiefs in Iran are killed in a plane crash". The New York Times (Beirut). Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Hosseini, Mir M. "Interim Government Formed". Fourman. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Chronological Listing of Iranian Losses & Ejections". History. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Crash kills Iranian military leaders". Herald Journal (Beirut). AP. 1 October 1981. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  10. ↑ "103 Reported Killed as Iranian Army Plane Crashes; Altimeter Suspected". Los Angeles Times (Tehran). 4 November 1984. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Iranian military aircraft crashes". Sarasota Journal. UPI. 30 September 1981. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  12. ↑ Sepehr Zabir (25 February 2011). Iran Since the Revolution (RLE Iran A). Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-415-61069-8. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "Biography of Martyr Namjoo". Tehran: Shahed. 16 September 2005. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
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