Jafar Shafaghat

Timsar Jafar Shafaghat
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 (1915) Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia (present-day Iran)
Died	4 February 2001(2001-02-04) (aged 85–86) Nice, France
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	Imperial Army of Iran
Years of service	1933 - 1979
Rank	General officer
Commands	Chairman of Iranian Imperial Guard Latest Minister of Defense in Pahlavi dynasty Chief of 64th Infantry Division of Urmia Chief of 64th Infantry Division of Azerbaijan Chief of Staff of ground forces

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).^[1] Shafaghat was the last governor of East Azerbaijan Province during the Pahlavi dynasty. He died in exile in Nice, France.