Rouhollah Golmohammadi

Rouhollah Golmohammadi
Born	1929 Tehran, Iran
Died	February 16, 1999 Uppsala, Sweden
NSA member	Sweden 1962 - ???? Hungary ???? - 1999

Dr. Rouhollah Golmohammadi (1929 - February 16, 1999) was a Persian Bahá’í who pioneered to Europe where he assisted with the development of the Bahá’í communities of Sweden and Hungary serving on their National Spiritual Assemblies.

Biography

Golmohammadi was born into a Bahá’í family in Tehran in 1929. He became the head of a textile factory while working in Iran.

In January 1960 Golmohammadi pioneered to Sweden with his sister's family, settling in Uppsala, and he was elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of Uppsala that year. He completed a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Uppsala while living in the city and was elected to the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of Sweden in 1962.

In 1963 Golmohammadi attended the First Bahá’í World Congress in London and the First International Convention in the Holy Land as a member of the Swedish National Assembly, and he went on the attend seven more International Conventions as a delegate. In 1964 he married Elizabeth Beven and they went on to have two children.

The Golmohammadi's pioneered to Hungary in 1994 and Rouhollah was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly after a short time serving on the body until his passing. He passed away in 1999 in Uppsala. The Universal House of Justice conveyed the following in a message after his passing:

. . . dedication to the Faith, his many years of devoted, persevering service in both the teaching and administrative spheres. . .in Sweden and latterly in Hungary, his gentle, loving, unifying spirit, all combine to win for him an enduring place in the annals of the Bahá’í communities of those countries.