Ali Mansur

Ali Khan Mansur was the prime minister of Iran for two terms, in 1940-1941 and again in 1950.

Biography

Born in Tehran, he served as Governor of Khorasan and Azarbaijan provinces, and was an ambassador to Italy, The Vatican, and Turkey.
He served twice as Prime Minister and six times as Cabinet Minister. He resigned as Prime Minister several days after 25 August 1941, when British and Soviet troops invaded Iran to suppress German activity.
Before World War II, Mansur was the minister of roads and railway during construction of the Trans-Iranian Railway. After World War II, Mansur was appointed governor general of Azerbaijan in 1946 and was appointed ambassador to Turkey in 1953.
His son, Hassan Ali Mansur, served as prime minister from 1964 to 1965.