Mehdi Samii
Mehdi Samii | |
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Ambassador-at-large and Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Financing | |
In office 1971–1973 | |
Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran | |
In office 1970–1971 | |
Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
Preceded by | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
Succeeded by | Abdolali Jahanshahi |
In office 1964–1969 | |
Prime Minister | Hassan-Ali Mansur |
Deputy | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
Preceded by | Ali-Asghar Poorhomayoon |
Succeeded by | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
Head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran | |
In office 1969–1970 | |
Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
Preceded by | Mohammad-Safi Asfia |
Succeeded by | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
Personal details | |
Born | (1918-06-24)24 June 1918 Tehran, Qajar Iran |
Died | 30 June 2010(2010-06-30) (aged 92) Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Relatives | Fereydoun Mahdavi |
Mehdi Samii (Persian: مهدی سمیعی; 1918–2010) was an Iranian chartered accountant, banker and economist.[1] Samii is credited as "one of the chief architects of Iran's rapid economic and Industrial growth in the 1960s", as well as "a midwife of in the creation of the [Central] bank [of Iran]" and "more than anyone else responsible" for it.[1] According to Abbas Milani, "the fact that the bank was a relatively independent institution, free from corruption and political interference and unusually efficient", is attributed to his leadership.[1]
Biography
Samii was born in Tehran in 1910.[1][2] He held office as the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (1964–1969; 1970–1971), the head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran (1969–1971) and Ambassador-at-large (1971–1973).[1] Before that, Samii rejected job offers for ministerial roles twice: Once in 1960 when Jafar Sharif-Emami offered him the role of the minister of agriculture and the next in the following year when Ali Amini proposed that he become minister of commerce.[1]
He was a co-founder of Iranian Institute of Certified Accountants.[1] He died in 2010.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. pp. 760–767. ISBN 978-0815609070.
- ^ a b Mehrzad Boroujerdi (2020). "Rethinking the Legacy of Intellectual-Statesmen in Iran". In Ramin Jahanbegloo (ed.). Mapping the Role of Intellectuals in Iranian Modern and Contemporary History. London: Lexington Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-7936-0007-3.
External links
- Media related to Mehdi Samii at Wikimedia Commons
Diplomatic posts | ||
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Vacant Office founded | Ambassador-at-large of Iran for Economic Affairs 1971–1973 | Vacant Office abolished |
Government offices | ||
Preceded by | Governor of the Central Bank of Iran 1970–1971 | Succeeded by Abdolali Jahanshahi |
Preceded by Ali-Asghar Poorhomayoon | Governor of the Central Bank of Iran 1964–1969 | Succeeded by |
Business positions | ||
Unknown | CEO of Industrial and Mining Development Bank of Iran 1959–1964 | Unknown |
Unknown | CEO of Agricultural Development Bank 1973–1979 | Unknown |
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- Asian Clearing Union (1974)
- Bank Markazi v. Peterson (2016)
- Certain Iranian Assets (2016)
- Kashani (1960–61)
- Pourhomayoun (1961–64)
- Samii (1964–69)
- Farmanfarmaian (1969–70)
- Samii (1970–71)
- Jahanshahi (1971–73)
- Yeganeh (1973–75)
- Mehran (1975–78)
- Khoshkish (1978–79)
- Molavi (1979)
- Nobari (1979–81)
- Nourbakhsh (1981–86)
- Ghassemi (1986–89)
- Adeli (1989–94)
- Nourbakhsh (1994–03)
- Sheibani (2003–07)
- Mazaheri (2007–08)
- Bahmani (2008–13)
- Seif (2013–18)
- Hemmati (2018–21)
- Komijani (2021)
- Salehabadi (2021–22)
- Farzin (2022– )
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