What is Eskandar Firouz?
{{Infobox person | name = Eskandar Firouz | image = Eskandar Firouz 2 (cropped).JPG | caption = In 2006 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|7}} | birth_place = [[Shiraz]], [[Fars Province]], [[Iran]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|3|4|1926|8|7}} | death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States]] | education = {{ubl|[[Lawrenceville]]}} | alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Yale University]] }} | occupation = Conservational Environmentalist, First Director of the [[Department of Environment (Iran)|Department of Environment in Iran]] | spouse = Iran Ala }} '''Eskandar Firouz''' ({{Birth date|1926|8|7}} – {{Death date|2020|3|4}}) was an Iranian environmentalist and politician. He was the first Director of the [[Department of Environment (Iran)|Department of Environment in Iran]]. He created Iran’s ecological conservation and management program. Firouz was known as the father of environmental protection and conservation in [[Iran]]. Firouz died on March 4, 2020 in [[Washington, D.C.]] at the age of 93.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kayhanlife.com/obituary/eskandar-firouz-founder-of-irans-department-of-environment-dies-at-93/|title=OBITUARY: Eskandar Firouz, Founder of Iran's Department of Environment, Dies at 93|last=Life|first=Kayhan|date=2020-03-11|website=KAYHAN LIFE|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-18}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Firouz, Eskandar}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Iranian politicians]] [[Category:Iranian environmentalists]] [[Category:People from Shiraz]] {{bio-stub}}