Sharif-Emami, Jafar

Sharif-Emami, Jafar
▪ 1999

      Iranian politician and close confidant of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who twice (1960-61 and August-November 1978) served as prime minister; during his second term, policies instituted to mollify the increasingly powerful Islamic fundamentalists failed, and after the shah's downfall in early 1979, Sharif-Emami fled to New York (b. Sept. 8, 1910, Tehran, Iran—d. June 16, 1998, New York, N.Y.).

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▪ prime minister of Iran
also spelled  Jaʿfar Sharīf-Emāmī 
born September 8, 1910, Tehrān, Iran
died June 16, 1998, New York, New York, U.S.

      Iranian politician and close confidant of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi who twice served as prime minister of Iran (1960–61, 1978). He attempted but failed to stem the rise of Shīʿite activism in Iran that led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

      Sharif-Emami studied railroad engineering in Germany and Sweden and after returning to Iran joined the state railways in 1931. He became undersecretary of Roads and Communications in 1950 and later headed the Ministry of Industries and Mines. In 1960 the shah named Sharif-Emami prime minister, replacing another longtime confidant, Manuchehr Eqbal. At the time, Iran was faced with a struggling economy and growing unrest, and although Sharif-Emami attempted to institute economic reforms, his unpopularity led to his replacement by the reform-minded Ali Amini the following year.

      In August 1978 the shah again named Sharif-Emami prime minister in an attempt to quell growing civil unrest. Sharif-Emami promptly sought to modernize the country and end government corruption while attempting to appease Muslim sensibilities. He legalized political parties, set new elections, and oversaw the release of a number of political prisoners. The situation in Iran continued to deteriorate, however, as strikes and demonstrations increased, and in November 1978 Sharif-Emami resigned. As the Iranian Revolution flared and the country fell under the control of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Khomeini, Ruhollah), Sharif-Emami fled to the United States, where he became president of the Pahlavi Foundation, an educational trust for Iranian students.

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