Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.
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1916 – 2000
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Who was Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.?
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., was a political action officer of the Central Intelligence Agency's Directorate of Plans who coordinated the Operation Ajax, which aimed to orchestrate a coup d'état against Iran's prime minister, Mohammed Mosaddeq, and return Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, to Iran's Sun Throne in August 1953. He was also the grandson of US president Theodore Roosevelt.
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- Born
- Feb 16, 1916
Buenos Aires - Parents
- Siblings
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Dutch-American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Harvard University
- Employment
- Intelligence officer
- Lived in
- Buenos Aires
- Died
- Jun 8, 2000
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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