Hassan Ali Mehran Explained

Office:Minister of Economy and Finance
Term Start:1978
Term End:1979
Office1:Governor of the Central Bank of Iran
Predecessor1:Mohammad Yeganeh
Successor1:Yousef Khoshkish
Term Start1:1975
Term End1:1978
Office2:Governor of the Central Bank of Aruba
Predecessor2:Elias F. Mansur
Successor2:A. J. T. Williams,
Term Start2:January 1986
Term End2:March 1986
Predecessor3:Robert Henriquez
Successor3:Jeanette R Semeleer
Term Start3:2007
Term End3:2008
Alma Mater:University of Nottingham

Hassan Ali Mehran (Persian: حسنعلی مهران‎ born 1937) is an Iranian bureaucrat who was the governor of Central Bank between 1975 and 1978 and minister of economy and finance between 1978 and 1979 during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He left Iran and settled in the USA.

Early life and education

Mehran was born in Tehran in 1937.[1] He completed his secondary education at Alborz High School.[1] He obtained a degree in political science and economics from the University of Nottingham.[1]

Career

Following his graduation Mehran taught at the University of Bristol for a short period.[1] Then he worked at the International Monetary Fund and then returned to Iran.[1] He was the deputy minister of economy between 1967 and 1975. He also served as the deputy head of the National Iranian Oil Company.[1] In 1975 he was named as the governor of Central Bank, replacing Mohammad Yeganeh in the post.[2] He remained in office until 1978[3] when he was succeeded by Yousef Khoshkish in the post.[2] Mehran was appointed minister of economy and finance in 1978 which he held until 1979.[3] [4]

Mehran was the governor of the Central Bank of Aruba for two terms, in 1986 and between 2007 and 2008.

Personal life and work

Mehran and his wife left Iran following the regime change in 1979 and settled in the USA.[1] In 2013 he published a book entitled The Goals and Policies of the Central Bank of Iran: 1960-1978.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Authors. Hassan Ali Mehran. Nashreney. 4 March 2023. fa.
  2. Ehsanee Ian Sadr. To whisper in the king's ear: Economists in Pahlavi and Islamic Iran. 978-1-303-30703-4. University of Maryland, College Park. . 239–240. PhD. 2013.
  3. Book: Mehrzad Boroujerdi. Ramin Jahanbegloo. Mapping the Role of Intellectuals in Iranian Modern and Contemporary History. 2020. 121. Lexington Books. London. 978-1-7936-0007-3. Ramin Jahanbegloo. https://books.google.com/books?id=8KgJEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA121. Rethinking the Legacy of Intellectual-Statesmen in Iran.
  4. Book: Roham Alvandi. Gingko Library. 2018. The Age of Aryamehr: Late Pahlavi Iran and Its Global Entanglements. 978-1-909942-19-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=4jtyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT83. 83. London. Ramin Nassehi. Domesticating cold war economic ideas: The rise of Iranian developmentalism in the 1950s and 1960s.
  5. Web site: Book review. 4 March 2023. Amazon.