Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou

Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou (Persian: اميرنصرت الله بالاخانلو‎) (1917 – May 20, 2007) was an Iranian (Persian) politician. Born in Tehran, he served as a two-time Mayor and MP for Hamedan in 1950s and early 1960s.[1]

Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou
1st Publicly Elected Mayor of Hamedan
In office
1950–1960
Personal details
Born1917
Tehran, Iran
DiedMay 20, 2007
Spouse(s)Fereshteh Abbaspour

Biography

Amir Nosrat'ollah Balakhanlou was born in Tehran, Iran. He was one of the two sons of Commander Asad Khan of Talesh.[2] His maternal grandfather, Mirza Mahmud Ehtesham ol-Saltaneh, was the Iranian ambassador to Russia, and was the President of the Majlis in the early 1900s. Ehtesham ol-Saltaneh was also one of the founding fathers of the Iranian Constitution during the Qajar dynasty.[3]

As a young man, Amir N. Balakhanlou completed his higher education and his military service in the Royal Air Force Academy of Iran. In the mid-1950s, he served as the first publicly elected mayor of Hamedan.[4] He continued to serve a second term as the mayor, and in the early 1960s, became the MP from Hamedan in Iran's twenty-first (21st) round of Parliament (Majlis of Iran).[5]

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References
  1. دكتر بهروز مرادي: قدرشناسي مردم همدان كم‌نظير و نمونه است Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. فرزندان و نوادگان بالاخانلو درباره پدر چه مي‌گويند؟ Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Parliamentary Library – "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Fars News Agency : خاكسپاري اولين شهردار مردمي همدان
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 24, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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