Hossein Namazi

Hossein Namazi
حسین نمازی

Minister of Economy and Finance
In office 1997–2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Morteza Mohammadkhan
Succeeded by	Tahmasb Mazaheri
Personal details
Nationality	Iranian

Hossein Namazi (Persian: حسین نمازی‎‎) is an Iranian economist and academic, who served in different cabinet posts.

Education

Namazi received a PhD in economics in Austria.^[1]

Career

Namazi is an economist and academic.^[2] He served as the minister of economy and finance in different governments of Iran. Firstly he served in this post from March 1981 to 1986.^[3]^[4] In 1985 he was approved for the post by the Majlis, getting 106 for votes.^[4]

He was reappointed to this post to the cabinet led by then president Mohammad Khatami in August 1997.^[2]^[3]^[5] He succeeded Morteza Mohammadkhan in the post.^[2] When Namazi was in office, there was a rivalry between him and Mohsen Nourbakhsh, then governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).^[6] Namazi's term ended in August 2001 and he was replaced by Tahmasb Mazaheri in the post.^[7]

Views

Namazi strongly supported social justice in Iran.^[6] He rejected the relaxing restrictions on imports of foreign goods, especially cars, and preferred restrictive labour laws.^[6]

References

↑ Anthony H. Cordesman (1 January 1999). Iran's Military Forces in Transition: Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-275-96529-7. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
1 2 3 "Profile - Hossein Namazi". APS Review Gas Market Trends. 19 April 1999. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
1 2 "Moderate Iran Leader's Cabinet Picks Okd". Chicago Tribune. 21 August 1997. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
1 2 Bahman Baktiari (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. University Press of Florida. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
↑ "Iran cabinet changes signal a shift in policy". The Independent. 13 August 1997. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
1 2 3 Dinmore, Guy (22 August 2000). "Upturn in Iran may aid Khatami". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
↑ "New Govt.". APS Diplomat Recorder. 12 August 2001. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)

Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2000)

Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2000)

Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2000–2005)

Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Ahmad Motamedi (2000–2005)

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2000–2005)

Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)

Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)

Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)

Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)

Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)

Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2000)

Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2000)

Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2000–2005)

Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)

Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)

Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)

Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)

Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)

Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)

Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)

Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)

Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level

First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)

Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)

Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)

Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)

Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)

Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)

Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)

Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)

Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004

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