Ali Akbar Moinfar
Ali Akbar Moinfar | |
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Oil Minister | |
In office September 1979 – September 1980 | |
Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Javad Baqer Tondguyan |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Religion | Islam |
Ali Akbar Moinfar is an Iranian politician and the first oil minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Early life and education
Moinfar is the brother of journalist Mehdi Moinfar.[1] He studied seismology in Japan.[2][3]
Career
Moinfar worked at the plan and budget organization during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[4] He had connections with the Freedom of Iran movement, which was led by Mehdi Bazargan.[4] However, this link was not formal and he never attached himself to the movement.[5] Following the 1979 revolution, Moinfar became one of the members of the Revolutionary Council.[2][6][7] He also acted as the spokesman of the council.[8] He was named minister of budget and planning to the interim government headed by Mehdi Bazargan.[9]
In September 1979, Moinfar was appointed oil minister in a cabinet reshuffle, becoming the first oil minister of Iran in September 1979,[10][11] when the office was established.[4][12] He was also appointed chairman and managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), replacing Hasan Nazih.[4][13]
Moinfar continued to served as minister after the resignation of the interim government of Bazargan in November 1979. He also won a parliamentary seat in the 1980 general elections.[5] However, he was harshly criticized by the fundamentalists for removing ‘only committed Moslems’ rather than leftists from the ministry.[14] Moinfar's tenure lasted until September 1980 when Mohammad Ali Rajai formed the cabinet.[15] Ashgar Ibrahimi was nominated to succeed Moinfar as oil minister.[15] However, Ibrahimi did not get necessary vote at the Majlis, and Mohammad Javad Baqer Tondguyan became the oil minister.[16]
Moinfar served as a parliament member until 1984. He was beaten by nearly ten members of the parliament in 1983.[17] He run for office in the 1996 elections, but his candidacy was rejected by the Guardian Council.[18]
Later years
Moinfar later left Iran.[19] He is one of the honorary members of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering.[20]
References
- ↑ Hossein Shahidi (11 May 2007). Journalism in Iran: From Mission to Profession. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-134-09391-5. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oka, Takashi (17 January 1980). "Japan agonizes over joining West against Iran, USSR". The Christian Science Monitor (Tokyo). Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ "Iranian oil officials threatened with purge". Edmonton Journal. 2 October 1979. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Shaul Bakhash (1982). The Politics of Oil and Revolution in Iran: A Staff Paper. Brookings Institution Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8157-1776-8. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bahman Baktiari (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. p. 69. – via Questia (subscription required)
- ↑ Hossein Amirsadeghi (23 April 2012). The Security of the Persian Gulf (RLE Iran A). Routledge. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-415-61050-6. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ Rubin, Barry (1980). Paved with Good Intentions. New York: Penguin Books. p. 283.
- ↑ "Bani Sadr: US should admit Iran crimes". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 29 January 1980. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ "Iran leader fires national oil firm head". St. Petersburg Times (London). AP. 29 September 1979. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ↑ Hossein Shahidi. Journalism in Iran: From Mission to Profession. Routledge. p. 143. ISBN 978-1-134-09391-5. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ Hosseini, Mir M. "5 February 1979 A.D.: Bazargan Becomes Prime Minister". Fouman. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ↑ "Oil chief replaced". The Glasgow Herald (Tehran). 29 September 1979. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ Dilip Hiro (1987). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-7102-1123-1. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ "The Economy according to Islam". New Internationalist. 1 September 1980. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Bani Sadr disowns most of long-awaited cabinet". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1980. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ "Joint Crisis: Supreme Defense Council of Iran, 1980". Harvard Model United Nations. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ↑ Reza Haghighat Nejad (19 August 2013). "“Put That Gun In Your Pocket!” The 10 Most Embarrassing Moments in Iran's Parliament". Iran Wire. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ↑ "Human Rights and Parliamentary Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Human Rights Watch 8 (1). March 1996. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ↑ Sreberny-Mohammadi, Annabelle; Ali Mohammadi (January 1987). "Post-Revolutionary Iranian Exiles: A Study in Impotence". Third World Quarterly 9 (1): 108–129. doi:10.1080/01436598708419964.
- ↑ "Letter to Giorgio Napolitano". The European Association for Earthquake Engineering. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2013.