Davoud Danesh-Jafari

Davoud Danesh-Jafari
Minister of Finance
In office
14 August 2005  1 April 2008
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by Safdar Hosseini
Succeeded by Shamseddin Hosseini
Hossein Samsami (Acting)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2004  12 August 2005
Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
In office
28 May 1996  26 May 2000
Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Personal details
Born 1954 (age 6162)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution[1]
Other political
affiliations
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004)
Alma mater University of Kashmir
University of Tehran
Allameh Tabataba'i University
Military service
Allegiance Iran Iran
Service/branch Jihad of Construction
Years of service 1980–1988
Unit Combat engineering
Commands Head of Combat engineering Logistics Headquarter
Battles/wars

Iran-Iraq War

Awards Fath Medal (1982)

Davoud Danesh-Jafari is an Iranian politician and economist who was minister of economy and finance affairs of Iran.

Biography

Born in 1954 in Tehran, Danesh-Jafari graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Regional Engineering College, Srinagar (Affiliated to Kashmir University)[2] India. In 1992 he received a master's degree in economics, and in 2001 he obtained a PhD from Allameh Tabatabaii University, Iran. He was a member of the parliament in the 5th term and in the 7th term.

Since 2006 he was involved in plans to create the Iranian Oil Bourse, a commodity exchange for oil and oil byproducts, which would trade mostly in the Iranian currency and other major currencies[3] In December 2006, he was reported as saying that he intended to reduce US dollar based transactions as much as possible.[4]

In January 2008, he announced that the Iranian Oil Bourse would be opened during the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (February 1–11) a month later.[5] Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari later announced that Davoud Danesh-Jafari would become its head.[6] The Oil Bourse opened on 17 February 2008 on Kish Island.[7][8][9][10]

He served as the minister of economy and finance affairs in the cabinet of president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad from 2005 to 2008.[11]

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Safdar Hosseini
Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of Iran
2005–2008
Succeeded by
Shamseddin Hosseini
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