Gholamhossein Shokouhi

Gholamhossein Shokouhi (June 22, 1926 – May 5, 2016), known as the Father of Iranian Education,

Ministry and After He was appointed as the first Minister of Education in the interim government in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution (1979). In 1993, due to lung problems and air pollution in Tehran, he returned to his hometown and continued his teaching and research activities with the rank of professor at University of Birjand. After 57 years of teaching, he retired in 1999 with the rank of 26th professor, but he did not give up teaching and continued to teach at Birjand and Tarbiat Modares Universities in Tehran. However, in 1990, after the death of his wife, he suffered from severe depression and gave up his teaching and research activities.

Works Among his works in the field of authorship are "Methods of Learning Arithmetic and Geometry", "Fundamentals of Education" with 45 reprints, "Education and Training and Its Stages" with 20 reprints, and in the field of translation, "Education and Training" by Emmanuel Canto and "Great Teachers" by Jean Chano. Dr. Shokohi has published more than 60 articles in domestic scientific journals and two articles in reputable foreign journals.

Death Shokouhi passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the age of 89.