Ali Tayebnia

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Ali Tayebnia
File:Ali Tayebnia 01.jpg
Tayebnia in a press conference, Oct 2015.
Minister of Finance
Assumed office
15 August 2013
President Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by Shamseddin Hosseini
Personal details
Born (1960-04-05) 5 April 1960 (age 64)
Isfahan, Iran
Political party Independent
Alma mater University of Tehran
Religion Islam
Signature Ali Tayebnia's signature

Ali Tayebnia (Persian: علی طیب‌نیا‎‎, born 5 April 1960) is an Iranian academic, economist and Iran's Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance. He was designated by President Hassan Rouhani for the position on 4 August 2013 and was confirmed by the parliament on 15 August.

Early life and education

Tayebnia was born in Isfahan in 1960.[1] He received his BA (1986) and MA (1989) in theoretical economics, and his PhD (1994) in economics, all from the University of Tehran and first in each class.[2][3][4] As part of Tayebnia's doctoral studies, he spent a year studying at the London School of Economics under the supervision of Laurence Harris.[5][6]

Career

Tayenia is an academic and has served in various state institutions regarding economy and finance.[7] He was a faculty member at his alma mater, the University of Tehran.[3][8] His field of interest is public economics[9]

According to Bahman Nirumand, Tayebnia was besides with Masumeh Ebtekar and Hamid Aboutalebi as member of the group which took American Embassy officials as hostages on 4 November 1979 in Tehran.[10]

He was the secretary of the economic commission from 1997 to 2000.[11] He served as the deputy head of the Presidential Office for planning under the former President Mohammad Khatami from 2001 to 2005.[11] Then he was again named the secretary of the economic commission in 2005 and his tenure lasted until 2007.[11]

He was a representative of and an advisor to Mohammad Reza Aref during the 2013 presidential elections.[3] He was also Aref's economic advisor.[12][13]

On 4 August 2013, he was proposed by President Hassan Rouhani as minister of economic affairs and finance.[14] On 15 August, the Majlis approved him as minister, giving 274 votes for and 7 votes against.[15] He was given the highest votes for with the rate of 96.5% which was also all time record for Iranian confirmation process.[16]

Views

Financial Times described Tayebnia as a reform-minded academic in August 2013.[9]

See also

References

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  10. ↑ Bahman Nirumand: Iran Report, 05/2015, page 21 (in german)
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance
2013–present		 Incumbent
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