Mehrdad Pahlbod

Mehrdad Pahlbod
BornEzatollah Minbashian
16 March 1917
Tehran, Persia
Died9 August 2018(2018-08-09) (aged 101)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 1945; died 1996)
IssueShahbaz
Shahyar
Shahrzad
FatherNasrollah Minbashian
Minister of Culture
In office
7 March 1964 – 27 August 1978
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime MinisterHassan Ali Mansur
Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
Jamshid Amouzegar
Personal details
Alma materFirooz Bahram High School
University of Lausanne

Mehrdad Pahlbod (Persian: مهرداد پهلبد; 16 March 1917 – 9 August 2018), born as Ezatollah Minbashian (Persian: عزت‌الله مین‌باشیان), was an Iranian politician who served as the first culture minister of Iran from 1964 until 1978.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Oral History Interview: Mehrdad Pahlbod". FIS. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ "مهرداد پهلبد، وزیر فرهنگ و هنر دوران پهلوی و داماد رضا شاه، در لُس آنجلس درگذشت". fa.rfi.fr (in Persian). 10 August 2018.