Abdolhossein Behnia

Abdolhossein Behnia (Persian: عبدالحسین بهنیا), also Latinized as Abdul Husain Behnia, was an Iranian politician who served as minister of finance several times during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[1] He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Amini and then of Asadollah Alam in the early 1960s.[2][3]

Behnia was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet of Ali Amini on 9 May 1961.[4] He resigned from office on 9 January 1962 due to the approval of a land reform bill by the cabinet.[5] Behnia argued that the bill was not required.[5] He was also appointed minister of finance to the cabinet led by Asadollah Alam on 19 February 1963.[6]

References
  1. Vali Nasr (February 2000). "Politics within the Late-Pahlavi State: The Ministry of Economy and Industrial Policy, 1963–69". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 32 (1): 99. JSTOR 259537.
  2. Gholam Reza Afkhami (2009). The Life and Times of the Shah. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-520-94216-5.
  3. "با استعفای دولت ؛ کابینه جدید امروز به شاه معرفی شد" (in Persian). Institute for Iranian Contemporary Historical Studies. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. Michael J. Willcocks (2015). Agent or Client: Who Instigated the White Revolution of the Shah and the People in Iran, 1963 (PhD thesis). University of Manchester. p. 68.
  5. "Chronology December 16, 1961 – March 15, 1962". Middle East Journal. 16 (2): 192. Spring 1962. JSTOR 4323471.
  6. "Chronology September 16, 1962 – March 15, 1963". Middle East Journal. 17 (1–2): 113. Winter–Spring 1963. JSTOR 4323557.
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