# Jamshid Amouzegar - Prime Minister of Iran

URL: https://allhistories.com/iran/rulers/jamshid-amouzegar
Term as Prime Minister: 7 Aug 1977 – 27 Aug 1978
Born-Died: 1923 - 2016
Dynasty: Prime ministers (Pahlavi era)
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamshid_Amouzegar

US-educated technocrat and OPEC negotiator whose austerity measures to cool an overheated economy deepened discontent; he resigned after the Cinema Rex fire in Abadan in August 1978.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Amir-Abbas Hoveyda](https://allhistories.com/iran/rulers/amir-abbas-hoveyda)
- Next in list: [Gholam Reza Azhari](https://allhistories.com/iran/rulers/gholam-reza-azhari)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1978 - [Cinema Rex fire](https://allhistories.com/iran/timeline/1978-cinema-rex-fire)
- 1978 - [Black Friday in Jaleh Square](https://allhistories.com/iran/timeline/1978-black-friday-in-jaleh-square)