Khalil Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (April 3, 1901 in Izeh – January 19, 1983 in Munich), was a politician and diplomat. Bakhtiary was homeland’s Ambassador to West Germany from 1952 to 1961.He was the father of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, the second wife of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah .