Hossein Navab

Not to be confused with Hussein Kuli Khan Nawab.

Hossein Navab or Hossein Navvab (Persian: حسین نواب; 1897–1972) was an Iranian diplomat, who served as foreign minister briefly in 1952.

Hossein Navab
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
In office 26 July 1952 – October 1952
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime Minister	Mohammad Mosaddegh
Preceded by	Bagher Kazemi
Succeeded by	Hossein Fatemi
Personal details
Born	Mirza Hossein Khan Navab 1897
Died	1972 (aged 74–75)

Career

Navab was a career diplomat. In the 1930s he was second secretary at the Iranian Embassy in London.^[1] He served as the consul general of Iran in New York in the 1940s.^[2] He was also the ambassador of Iran to the Netherlands.^[3] He served as the minister of foreign affairs in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh which was announced on 26 July 1952.^[4] Navab resigned from office without citing any reason on 9 October 1952, and Hossein Fatemi succeeded him in the post.^[5]