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Ali Tayebnia ( fa, علی طیبنیا, born 5 April 1960) is an
Tayebnia is an academic and has served in various state education institutions delivering courses on economy and finance. He was a faculty member at his alma mater, the University of Tehran. His field of interest is public economics.
He was the secretary of the economic commission from 1997 to 2000. He served as the deputy head of the Presidential Office for planning under the President
Iranian
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academic, economist and former minister of finance
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. He was designated by President Hassan Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...
for the position of finance minister on 4 August 2013 and was confirmed by the parliament on 15 August. He left the office on 20 August 2017.
Early life and education
Tayebnia was born inIsfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
in 1960. He received his BA (1986) and MA (1989) in theoretical economics, and his PhD (1994) in economics, all from the University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
and first in each class. As part of Tayebnia's doctoral studies, he spent a year studying at the London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
under the supervision of Laurence Harris.
Career
Tayebnia is an academic and has served in various state education institutions delivering courses on economy and finance. He was a faculty member at his alma mater, the University of Tehran. His field of interest is public economics.
He was the secretary of the economic commission from 1997 to 2000. He served as the deputy head of the Presidential Office for planning under the President Mohammad Khatami
Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...
from 2001 to 2005. Then he was again named the secretary of the economic commission in 2005, and his tenure lasted until 2007.
He was a representative of and an advisor to Mohammad Reza Aref
Mohammad Reza Aref ( fa, محمدرضا عارف, born 19 December 1951) is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician who was the parliamentary leader of reformists' Hope fraction in the Iranian Parliament, representing Tehran, Rey, S ...
during the 2013 presidential elections. He was also Aref's economic advisor.
On 15 August, the Majlis approved him as minister, giving 274 votes for and 7 votes against. He was given the highest votes for with the rate of 96.5% which was also all-time record for Iranian confirmation process.
Views
''Financial Times
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'' described Tayebnia as a reform
Reform ( lat, reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. The use of the word in this way emerges in the late 18th century and is believed to originate from Christopher Wyvill#The Yorkshire Associati ...
-minded academic in August 2013.
Recognition
Tayebnia is the recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Prize which was awarded to him in 2017.References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tayebnia, Ali 21st-century Iranian politicians 1960 births Alumni of the London School of Economics Finance ministers of Iran Iranian economists Living people Politicians from Isfahan University of Tehran alumni University of Tehran faculty