Jafar Shafaghat

Timsar
Jafar Shafaghat
Timsar Jafar Shafaghat
جعفر شفقت
Minister of War
	In office; 4 January 1979 – 10 February 1979
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Prime Minister	Shapour Bakhtiar
Preceded by	General Reza Azimi
Succeeded by	Ahmad Madani (as Minister of National Defence)
Governors of East Azerbaijan Province
	In office; 6 March 1978 – 30 December 1978
Monarch	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Preceded by	Eskandar Azmoudeh
Succeeded by	Rahmatollah Moghaddam Maraghei
Personal details
Born	1915; Nakhchivan, Russian Azerbaijan
Died	4 February 2001 (aged 85–86); Nice, France
Military service
Allegiance	Imperial State of Iran
Branch/service	Imperial Army of Iran
Years of service	1933–1979
Rank	General officer
Commands	Chairman of Iranian Imperial Guard; Last Minister of Defense in the Pahlavi era; Chief of 64th Infantry Division of Urmia; Chief of 64th Infantry Division of Azerbaijan; Chief of Staff of ground forces;

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Arteshbod Jafar Shafaghat (Persian: جعفر شفقت; c.1915 – February 4, 2001) was an Iranian General officer during the Pahlavi-era and was the last Minister of Defense in Shapour Bakhtiar's government (1978 — 1979). Shafaghat was the last Pahlavi era governor of East Azerbaijan province. He died in exile in Nice, France.