Showkat Malek Jahanbani
Showkat Malek Jahanbani | |
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| Member of the National Consultative Assembly | |
| In office 1963–1975 | |
| Constituency | Tehran |
| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 1975–1979 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1908 |
Showkat Malek Jahanbani (Persian: شوکت ملک جهانبانی, born 1908) was an Iranian educator and politician. In 1963 she was one of the first group of women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.
Biography[edit]
Jahanbani was born in 1908.[1] She attended Tehran Teachers Training College and subsequently became a 'pioneer in girl's education',[2] establishing several schools and becoming headmistress of a school in southern Tehran.[1][2][3]
Women were granted the right to vote in 1963, and in the parliamentary elections that year, Jahanbani was one of six women elected to the National Consultative Assembly.[3] She was re-elected in 1967 and 1971,[4] and then had one term in the Senate.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Iran Who's who, Volume 3, p227
- ^ a b Gholam Reza Afkhami (2009) The Life and Times of the Shah p244
- ^ a b Lois Beck & Guity Nashat (2004) Women in Iran from 1800 to the Islamic Republic, pp141–143
- ^ شوکت ملک جهانبانی Majlis Research Centre