Sadeq Tabatabaei

Sadeq Tabatabaei
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran for Public Relations
In office
August 1979 – 6 November 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded byAbbas Amir-Entezam
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born(1943-03-25)25 March 1943[citation needed]
Qom, Imperial State of Iran
Died21 February 2015(2015-02-21) (aged 71)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Political partyFreedom Movement (1969–1980)
SpouseFatemeh Sadrameli (1965–2015, his death)
RelationsMusa al-Sadr (uncle)
Ahmad Khomeini (brother-in-law)
Hassan Khomeini (nephew)
Zohreh Sadeghi (cousin)
Children2
Alma materRuhr University Bochum
ProfessionPolitician, writer and TV host
Websitesadeghtabatabai.com

Sadeq Tabatabaei (Persian: صادق طباطبایی‎; 25 March[citation needed] 1943 – 21 February 2015) was an Iranian writer, journalist, TV host, university professor at the University of Tehran and politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister from 1979 to 1980. He was also Deputy Minister of the Interior and oversaw the referendum on establishing an Islamic Republic in March 1979. He was Iran's Ambassador to West Germany from 1982 until 1986.