Monarch Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Occupation Administrator, Name Gholamreza Nikpey | Role Polit. Nationality Iran | |
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Education London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Tehran | ||
Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | ||
Gholam-Reza Nikpey (غلامرضا نیکپی), also Nikpay (1927 – 11 April 1979) was deputy prime minister of Iran and Mayor of Tehran. He became Mayor of Tehran in 1969, succeeding Javad Shahrestani. Prior to that, he had served as Iran's Minister of Housing from 1966 to 1969. During his tenure as the Housing Minister, an earthquake rocked the Province of Khorasan, causing mass destruction. He was in charge of rebuilding. It turned out to be one of the best rebuilding projects in the country's history. In 1977, he was appointed to Iranian Senate by the Shah.
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He was executed on 11 April 1979 on the orders of a revolutionary tribunal, without legal representation or it appears a chance to defend himself. His execution appears to have been politically motivated. Nikpay is one of the victims listed in the 13 March 1980 Amnesty International report. International human rights organizations have drawn attention to reports indicating that the Islamic Republic's authorities executed individuals on trumped up charges.
Activities
Some of his activities in mayor position.
1.Construction of highways and parks
2.Master Plan of City
3. Urban tax
4. tax for non-rental buses and cars
5. make parkings
6. limit privacy of Capital zone
7. Establishment waste into fertilizer factory
8. Establishment of Soil Mechanics Laboratory
9. Creating Development Organization and renovation of Abbas Abad
10. Build 7 figures and their deployment in the city
11. Construction of four residential units on land off-limits
12. Change "Sweeper name" to civil service worker
13. Established The development of public revenues
14. Establishment of the Directorate General of Budget
15. Changing substituting buses the luxury bus
16. Allocation of funds to build the building and maintenance of children with disabilities
17. Modification of the capital's mayor Department
18. Allocation of funds for the construction of West Tehran Flood
20. Reconstruction of shops in the city that existed before the adoption of the comprehensive plan
21. Establishment of Mkanvgrafy Administration and Statistics 1351
22. build Niavaran Park
23. Creating Inspection Agency
24. Establishing DMV
25. Change the slaughterhouse and morgue of Tehran
26. review of Urban Planning Department and Urban Areas
27. Street parking in the southern area of Persepolis St. (Taleghani)
28. The development of public housing and apartment building for municipal staff
29. Use 50 million rials for civil administration and cleaning downtown
30. Park construction and building artificial lake in the south right Azadi Tower
31. Plans to establish public housing capital DMV staff police and public housing projects, three-bed nursing home for the elderly and bathroom in Kahrizak
Seoul Visit
Gholamreza Nikpey travelled to Seoul on 27 June 1977. Seoul Metropolitan Government suggested that the city of Seoul and Tehran for exchanging the names of streets on the occasion of the visit to Korea of Gholamreza Nikpay, Mayor of Tehran. The following year, Samneungno street was renamed Teheran, which then ran through a relatively underdeveloped area recently annexed to Seoul.
Arresting and Execution
After Iranian Revolution in 1979, people attached to governmental persons, he arrested too. The new government said his crimes as "Participate in East Economy", "Help the Government of Pahlavi" and some other untrue crimes in 1979 casualties of the newly formed Islamic Republic government. He was finally executed on 22 April 1979. He was one the persons which name in Amnesty International Article.