Davoud Danesh-Jafari was the Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of Iran.
Born in 1954 in Tehran, Danesh-Jafari graduated with Bachelor's Degree from the Kashmir University,[1] India in Civil Engineering. He is an alumnus of National Institute of Technology Srinagar in Srinagar, India. In 1992 he graduated a Master's Degree in Economics, and in 2001 he obtained a PhD from Allameh Tabatabaii University, Iran. He is an expert on Tehran Developments for the Government of Iran. Davoud Jafari was a Member of Parliament in the 5th term and was an MP in the 7th term.
Since 2006, he has been 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[2] In December 2006, he was reported as saying that he intended to reduce US dollar based transactions as much as possible.[3]
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.[4] Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari later announced that Davoud Danesh-Jafari would become its head.[5] The Oil Bourse opened on February 17, 2008 on Kish Island.[6][7][8][9]
| Preceded by Safdar Hosseini |
Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of Iran 2005-April 2008 |
Succeeded by Hossein Samsami Mazra'e-Akhund |