Jahangir Amouzegar

Jahangir Amouzegar
جهانگير آموزگار
Ambassador-at-large to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank
In office
1963–1979
MonarchMohammad Reza Pahlavi
Minister of Finance
In office
26 May 1962 – 19 July 1962
Prime MinisterAli Amini
Minister of Commerce
In office
1 July 1961 – 26 May 1962
Prime MinisterAli Amini
Personal details
Born(1920-01-13)13 January 1920
Tehran, Iran
Died17 January 2018(2018-01-17) (aged 98)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse
Eleanor Horn
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(m. 1958; died 1997)​
EducationUniversity of Tehran (BSc)
University of California, Los Angeles (PhD)
OccupationPolitician, economist

Jahangir Amouzegar (Persian: جهانگير آموزگار; 13 January 1920 – 17 January 2018) was an Iranian economist, academic and politician.[1]

Biography

Amouzegar was born on 13 January 1920.[2] His father, Abdollah Amouzegar, was a leading lawyer and politician, while his younger brother was Jamshid Amouzegar, who later became Prime Minister of Iran.[3]

Amouzegar received a bachelor's degree in economics from Tehran University. He later pursued graduate studies in the United States and earned a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He served as Iran's minister of commerce and minister of finance from 26 May 1962 to 19 July 1962.[4][5] He also served as an executive director of the International Monetary Fund.

Amuzegar died on 17 January 2018 in the United States, four days after his 98th birthday.[6][7]

Books

  • Managing the Oil Wealth: Opec's Windfalls and Pitfalls. ISBN 1-86064-648-4
  • The Dynamics of the Iranian Revolution: The Pahlavis' Triumph and Tragedy. ISBN 0-7914-0732-2
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy ISBN 978-1-857-43748-5

Notes

  1. ↑ Amuzegar Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Biographical statement: Jahangir Amuzegar" (PDF). International Monetary Fund.
  3. ↑ Marziyeh Bazyar; Robert Steele (May 2023). ""The Shah's House Became the People's House": Narrating Iran's Modern History at the Pahlavi Dynasty Museum". Iranian Studies. 56 (3): 504. doi:10.1017/irn.2023.23. S2CID 258985280.
  4. ↑ "مؤسسه مطالعات و پژوهش‌های سیاسی".
  5. ↑ Amuzegar, Jahangir (October 2014). The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy. New York, USA: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-857-43748-5.
  6. ↑ "جهانگیر آموزگار درگذشت". Archived from the original on 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  7. ↑ ""جهانگیر آموزگار" اقتصاددان و عضو سابق هئیت اجرایی صندوق بین‌المللی پول درگذشت". 19 January 2018.
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