The Resume

(June 16, 1882-March 5, 1967)
Born in Tehran, Iran
Deputy in the Iranian Parliament, the Majlis (1907-19,1923-25,1944-51)
Prime Minister of Iran (1951-53)

Why he might be annoying:

His last name can also be spelled Mossadeq, Mossaddeq, Mosadeck or Mussaddiq.
One biographer called him 'a shameless hypochondriac.'
He would address the Majlis from his bed, which he had moved into the chambers of Parliament.
He frequently wore pajamas to public functions.
He dissolved Parliament and assumed emergency power to decree laws (August, 1953).
He threatened to go to the Soviet Union for financial help, convincing the Eisenhower administration that he had to go.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was the first Iranian with a doctorate in law from a European university.
His administration introduced social security, unemployment insurance and workers compensation.
He attempted to nationalize the oil industry after the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company refused a 50-50 profit sharing deal similar to ones American oil companies made with Saudi Arabia.
The ticked-off British eventually persuaded the US to help remove Mossadegh and restore the Shah to power.
He was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the CIA (August 19, 1953).
He was kept under house arrest for the rest of his life.
He has remained an enduring popular symbol of Iranian nationalism.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 5)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 56]
• Double M Initials
• I Died in 1967 (Ranked: 84)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Time
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Middle East Conflict
• Profiles 36251-36500 (Ranked: 36365)
• Time Magazine People of the Year (Ranked: 1951)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19670305)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 53 Votes: 41.51% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 179 Votes: 59.78% Annoying