Hossein Namazi ( fa, حسین نمازی; born 1945) is an Iranian economist and academic, who served in different cabinet posts.

Early life and education

Namazi was born in 1945. He received a PhD in economics in

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Career

Namazi is an economist and academic. He served as the

minister of finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

in different governments of Iran. First he served in this post from March 1981 to 1985. In 1985 he was approved for the post by the Majlis, getting 106 for votes. He was reappointed as minister of finance to the

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led by President Mohammad Khatami in August 1997. He succeeded

Morteza Mohammadkhan Morteza Mohammadkhan ( fa, مرتضی محمدخان; 1 January 1946 – 5 November 2022) was an Iranian politician and economist who was Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1997 in Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's second cabinet. Early life and educat ...

in the post. When Namazi was in office, there was a rivalry between him and Mohsen Nourbakhsh, governor of

Central Bank of Iran The Central Bank of Iran (CBI), also known as ''Bank Markazi'', officially the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, بانک مرکزی جمهوری اسلامی ايران, Bank Markazi-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān; SWIFT Code: B ...

. Namazi's term ended in August 2001, and he was replaced by

Tahmasb Mazaheri Tahmasb Mazaheri ( fa, طهماسب مظاهری) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian politician who served as the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran), Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance between 2001 and 2004, and then held office as ...

in the post.

Views

Namazi strongly supported social justice in Iran. He rejected the relaxing restrictions on imports of foreign goods, especially cars, and preferred restrictive labour laws.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Namazi, Hossein 20th-century economists 1945 births Living people Iranian economists Finance ministers of Iran Islamic Republican Party politicians