Nosrat-ollah Jahanshahlou

Nosrat-ollah Jahanshahlou
First Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan's Government
In office
1945–1946
Personal details
Born 1913
Tehran, Iran
Died 2012
Berlin, Germany
Political party Tudeh Party of Iran & Azerbaijani Democratic Party
Religion Islam

Nosrat-ollah Jahanshahlou was a leftist Iranian politician. He was among The Fifty-Three group who were arrested because of their political activities in November 1938 in Iran. After WWII he joined to the separatist movement of Azerbaijan People's Government in Tabriz. During this time he served as the first chancellor of University of Tabriz. After collapse of the Azerbaijani government by the Imperial Iranian Army, he fled to USSR with couple of other members of Azerbaijani Democratic Party. After 26 years of residing in Soviet Azerbaijan he immigrated to East Germany, then to Switzerland.[1]

Personal life

He born in Tehran to Zanjani[2] father in May 1913. He graduated from University of Tehran with Doctor of Medicine degree. He died in Berlin, Germany at the age of 99.

References

  1. نصرت‌الله جهانشاهلو. ما و بیگانگان، سرگذشت دکتر نصرت‌الله جهانشاهلو افشار. تهران: ورجاوند، ۱۳۸۰. ISBN 964-93390-9-4.
  2. نگاهی به سرنوشت سران فرقه دموکرات آذربایجان؛ (Farsnews Agency)
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