Morteza Mohammadkhan

Morteza Mohammadkhahn
Morteza Mohammadkhahn
Minister of Economy and Financial Affairs
	In office; 22 August 1993 – 21 August 1997
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by	Mohsen Nourbakhsh
Succeeded by	Hossein Namazi
CEO of National Customs Agency
	In office; 12 January 1989 – 22 August 1993
Preceded by	Abbas Me'marnejad
Succeeded by	Masoud Karbasian
Personal details
Born	1 January 1945; Tehran, Iran
Political party	Executives of Construction Party; Moderation and Development Party
Other political; affiliations	Islamic Republican Party (Until 1986)
Alma mater	Khaje Nasir University of Technology; San Jose State University; Ponna University
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Morteza Mohammadkhan (Persian: مرتضی محمدخان‎, born 2 January 1945) is an Iranian politician and economist who was Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1997 in Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's second cabinet.[1]

Early life and education

Mohammadkhan was born on 1 January 1945 in Tehran. He was an economics professor at Khaje Nasir University of Technology. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from San Jose State University and also a MS in Economics from San Jose State University and a PhD from Ponna University.

Career

He is founder of the first Islamic Association of Students in abroad, including those along the Ruhollah Khomeini in Paris. After Iranian Revolution, he became a member of Islamic Republican Party's center leadership. He is one of the survivors of Hafte Tir bombing which led to the death of Mohammad Beheshti, IRP's secretary-general. He was pulled out of rubble alive after four hours. He then became CEO of Iran's Post Company. He was Deputy Minister of Interior in Political affairs from 1988 to 1989. In 1989, he became CEO of Customs Agency of Iran. After Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was reelected as President in 1993, Mohammadkhan was nominated by him as Minister of Finance. He was approved by the Parliament. He was Iran's Minister of Interior for four years and was succeeded by Hossein Namazi in 1997. He is one of the founders of Moderation and Development Party and is currently Vice President of Center for Strategic Research.

gollark: Why are they inefficient, then, and why aren't better ones selected for?

gollark: That's just a name for it, not an explanation.

gollark: I don't think it actually has that much effect on the lower level functioning of the civil service etc.

gollark: Infrastructure projects run over budget and over time all the time for no apparent reason.

gollark: I don't mean the cabinet, I mean the rest of the government and large companies.

References

"BBC Monitoring International Reports: Yugoslav state delegation in..." BBC. Tanjug. 8 June 1997. Retrieved 16 July 2010. ... Minister Borislav Vukovic, met here on Sunday [8 June] with Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Morteza Mohammadkhan and his associates. ...

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[1] "BBC Monitoring International Reports: Yugoslav state delegation in..." BBC. Tanjug. 8 June 1997. Retrieved 16 July 2010. ... Minister Borislav Vukovic, met here on Sunday [8 June] with Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Morteza Mohammadkhan and his associates. ...