| Davoud Danesh-Jafari | |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality: | Iranian |
| Office: | Member of Expediency Discernment Council |
| Term Start: | 27 February 2007 |
| Appointer: | Ali Khamenei |
| 1Blankname: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata: | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Office1: | Minister of Finance |
| Term Start1: | 24 August 2005 |
| Term End1: | 2 April 2008 |
| President1: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Predecessor1: | Safdar Hosseini |
| Successor1: | Shamseddin Hosseini |
| Office2: | Member of the Parliament of Iran |
| Term Start2: | 28 May 2004 |
| Term End2: | 12 August 2005 |
| Constituency2: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Term Start3: | 28 May 1996 |
| Term End3: | 26 May 2000 |
| Constituency3: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Alma Mater: | NIT Srinagar University of Tehran Allameh Tabataba'i University |
| Party: | Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution[1] |
| Otherparty: | Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004) |
| Allegiance: | Iran |
| Branch: | Jihad of Construction |
| Serviceyears: | 1980–1988 |
| Unit: | Combat engineering |
| Commands: | Head of Combat engineering Logistics Headquarter |
| Battles: | Iran–Iraq War |
| Mawards: | Fath Medal (1982) |
Davoud Danesh-Jafari (Persian: داود دانشجعفری) (born 1954) is an Iranian politician, economist and former combat engineer who previously served as minister of economy and finance affairs of Iran from 2005 to 2008. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Born in 1954 in Tehran, Danesh-Jafari graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Regional Engineering College, Srinagar (presently known as National Institute of Technology, Srinagar), India.[2] In 1992 he received a master's degree in economics from Tehran University[2] and in 2001 he obtained a PhD from Allameh Tabatabaii University.[2] He was a member of the parliament in the 5th term and the 7th term.
Since 2006 he was involved in plans to create the Iranian Oil Bourse, a commodity exchange for oil and oil byproducts, which would trade mostly in the Iranian currency and other major currencies[3] In December 2006, he was reported as saying that he intended to reduce US dollar-based transactions as much as possible.[4]
In January 2008, he announced that the Iranian Oil Bourse would be opened during the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (February 1–11) a month later. Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari later announced that Davoud Danesh-Jafari would become its head. The Oil Bourse opened on 17 February 2008 on Kish Island.[5] [6]
He served as the minister of economy and finance affairs in the cabinet of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad from 2005 to 2008.[7]