Mamoun Beheiry Explained

Mamoun Beheiry
Office:First President of the African Development Bank
Term Start:1964
Term End:1970
Predecessor:Abdelwahab Labidi
Birth Date:October 1925
Birth Place:Umm Ruwaba, Sudan
Death Date:August 2002 (Aged 77)
Death Place:Khartoum
Nationality:Sudanese
Alma Mater:Brasenose College University of Oxford
Profession:Economist

Mamoun Ahmed Abdel Wahab Beheiry (October 1925  - August 2002) was a Sudanese economist, known for his contributions to African and Arab banking establishments.

Education

Following earlier education at Wad Madani primary schools, Beheiry attended Victoria College, Alexandria,[1] and then Brasenose College, University of Oxford between 1945 and 1949 where he read for a B.A. (Hons.) in PPE Politics, Philosophy and Economics.[2] This made him one of the first African ministers to seek an education in the west.[3]

Career

In 1959, he became the first and founding governor of the central Bank of Sudan then went on to become the first president of the African Development Bank.[4]

Due to his international reputation, Beheiry also became the first person to be elected Minister of Finance twice.

Legacy

Following his death in 2002, the Mamoun Beheiry Center for Economic and Social Studies and Research in Africa was established in Khartoum with the goal of promoting research in economic and social development in Africa.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: السيد مأمون بحيري . 2022-12-29 . cbos.gov.sd.
  2. Web site: Mamoun Beheiry CV. 30 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20100727045700/http://www.bankofsudan.org/english/id_e/oldgov/mamouna.htm. 27 July 2010. dead.
  3. Web site: Mamoun Beheiry obituary. 30 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130616090017/http://gmsudan.com/20100921/sun-rise-2-a-profile-of-a-sudanese-with-international-dimensions-mamoun-beheiry/. 16 June 2013. dead.
  4. Web site: Past Presidents . 9 February 2017 . African Development Bank Group.
  5. Web site: Mamoun Beheiry centre website. 30 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113192339/http://mabecentre.net/center_e.html. 13 January 2012. dead.