Ali Tayebnia

Ali Tayebnia (Persian: علی طیب‌نیا, born 5 April 1960) is an Iranian academic, economist and former minister of finance. He was designated by President Hassan Rouhani for the position of finance minister on 4 August 2013 and was confirmed by the parliament on 15 August. He left the office on 20 August 2017.

Ali Tayebnia
Minister of Finance
In office
15 August 2013 – 20 August 2017
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byShamseddin Hosseini
Succeeded byMasoud Karbasian
Personal details
Born (1960-04-05) 5 April 1960
Isfahan, Iran
Political partyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
AwardsLee Kuan Yew Prize (2017)
Signature
WebsitePersonal website

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]

Career
Tayebnia and German Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel in Tehran, 3 October 2016

Tayebnia is an academic and has served in various state education institutions delivering courses on economy and finance.[6] He was a faculty member at his alma mater, the University of Tehran.[3][7] His field of interest is public economics.[8]

He was the secretary of the economic commission from 1997 to 2000.[9] He served as the deputy head of the Presidential Office for planning under the President Mohammad Khatami from 2001 to 2005.[9] Then he was again named the secretary of the economic commission in 2005, and his tenure lasted until 2007.[9]

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.[10][11]

On 15 August, the Majlis approved him as minister, giving 274 votes for and 7 votes against.[12] He was given the highest votes for with the rate of 96.5% which was also all-time record for Iranian confirmation process.[13]

Views

Financial Times described Tayebnia as a reform-minded academic in August 2013.[8]

Recognition

Tayebnia is the recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Prize which was awarded to him in 2017.[14]

References
  1. Ali Alfoneh (5 August 2013). "All the President's Men: Rouhani's Cabinet" (Policy Brief). Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  2. Ministry Profile
  3. Jahandad Memarian (8 August 2013). "New Iranian Cabinet Nominees: Building Bridges Between Factions to Yield Reform". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  4. "Rouhani's proposed cabinet line-up". Iran Daily. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. "LSE in print". The London School of Economics and Political Science. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. "Possible nominees for Rohani's cabinet". Gulf in the Media. Tehran Times. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  7. "President Hassan Rouhani's pragmatic conservative, security-intelligence-oriented Cabinet nominations". Iran Politik. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  8. Khalaj, Monavar (15 August 2013). "Iran parliament approves new president's cabinet nominees". Financial Times. Tehran. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  9. "Biography of Tayebnia, proposed as minister of Economic Affairs and Finance". IRNA. Tehran. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  10. Mustafa al Labbad (15 August 2013). "Rouhani's Cabinet Seeks New Balance in Iranian Policies". As Safir. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  11. "Iran politics: Rowhani takes a centre line in his cabinet nominees". ViewsWire. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  12. "Iranian Parliament Gives Vote of Confidence to Majority of Rouhani's Proposed Ministers". Fars News. 15 August 2013. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  13. "96.5 percent voting for a minister – all time record for Islamic Republic of Iran". The Journal of Turkish Weekly. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  14. "Tayebnia Won the Prize of Founding Father of Modern Singapore", ISNA (in Persian), 2 August 2017, 96051107183, retrieved 2 August 2017
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