Ebrahim Hakimi was a Prime Minister

Prime minister

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 of Iran

Iran

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He was born in Tabriz

Tabriz

Tabriz is the fourth largest city and one of the historical capitals of Iran and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Situated at an altitude of 1,350 meters at the junction of the Quri River and Aji River, it was the second largest city in Iran until the late 1960s, one of its former...

 to an ethnic Iranian Azeri family. He attended Dar ol-Fonoon

Dar ol-Fonoon

Dar al-Funun , established in 1851, was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persia.-Introduction:Founded by Amir Kabir, then the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah, the Shah of Iran, Dar al-Funun originally was conceived as a polytechnic to train upper-class Persian youth in Medicine,...

, and finished advanced studies in Medicine in Paris

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He served as royal physician to Mozzafar-al-Din Shah. He then became a Member of Parliament, and served as Minister 17 times, three times as Prime Minister, and as Speaker of the Senate of Iran

Senate of Iran

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His tenure as Prime Minister was short-lived as the Soviets

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, angry over his refusal to grant them an oil concession in Northern Iran, inspired Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

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i Communists

Communism

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 to declare independence from Iran.