Kamal Habibollahi

Timsar Vice admiral Kamal Habibollahi
7th Commander of Imperial Iranian Navy
In office 7 January 1976 – 11 February 1979 [1]
Monarch	Mohammadreza Shah Pahlavi
Preceded by	Commodore Abbas Ramzi Attaie
Succeeded by	Commodore Ahmad Madani
Deputy Minister of Culture and Art
In office 6 November 1978 – 4 January 1979
Monarch	Mohammadreza Shah Pahlavi
Prime Minister	General Gholam Reza Azhari
Preceded by	Mehrdad Pahlbod
Succeeded by	-
Deputy Minister of Education
In office 6 November 1978 – 4 January 1979
Monarch	Mohammadreza Shah Pahlavi
Prime Minister	General Gholam Reza Azhari
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Amin Riahi
Deputy Minister of Science and High Education
In office 6 November 1978 – 4 January 1979
Monarch	Mohammadreza Shah Pahlavi
Prime Minister	General Gholam Reza Azhari
Succeeded by	-
Personal details
Born	Mir-Kamaloddin Mir-Habibollahi 1 February 1930 (age 86) Astara, Iran
Died	2016
Nationality	Iran  USA
Spouse(s)	Ladan
Children	Kaveh, Reza
Residence	United States
Alma mater	Naval War College Naval Postgraduate School, Royal Naval Academy, Officers' School
Occupation	Admiral and Politician
Religion	Belief in God and Freedom of Peaceful Religion for All
Military service
Nickname(s)	Timsar Kamal Habibollahi, Vice admiral Kamal Habibollahi, Vice admiral Kamal Mir-Habibollahi
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Imperial Iranian Navy
Years of service	1949 - 1979
Rank	Vice admiral
Unit	Commander of Imperial Iranian Navy
Battles/wars	Dhofar Rebellion, Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

Kamal Habibollahi (Persian: کمال‌الدین میرحبیب‌اللهی‎‎, born February 1930 in Astara, Iran) was Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy until the Islamic Revolution and was the last CNO for the Imperial regime. ^[2] He also held minister posts during the military government of Gholam Reza Azhari (6 November 1978 - 4 January 1979). He was a graduate of the Royal Navy Officer Program, U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, and U.S. Naval War College.

In August 1981, he led a group of people loyal to a Free Iran in seizing the Tabarzin, an Iranian navy missile cruiser, off the coast of Spain, in order to draw attention to the continued resistance to Khomeini and Radical Islam.^[3] After the revolution, he resided in the Washington D.C. area of the United States and continued to promote attention to free Iran causes, as well as warn against the dangers of global Islamic extremism and terrorism through speeches at universities, military academies, panels, and both US and Iranian media outlets.^[2]

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