Ali Akbar Moinfar

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Ali Akbar Moinfar
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority1,439,360 (67.4%)
Personal details
Born(1928-01-14)14 January 1928
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Died2 January 2018(2018-01-02) (aged 89)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyFreedom Movement of Iran (affiliate non-member)
Alma mater

Ali Akbar Moinfar (

Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
.

Early life and education

Moinfar was born in Tehran on 14 January 1928.[1] He graduated from the University of Tehran with a degree in structural engineering in 1951. He furthered his studies in seismic engineering under Professor Seiji Naito in Waseda University, Japan.[2][3][4] He was a founding member of the Islamic Association of Engineers.[5]

Career

Moinfar worked at the plan and budget organization during the reign of

Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[6] He had connections with the Freedom of Iran movement, which was led by Mehdi Bazargan.[6] However, this link was not formal, and he never attached himself to the movement.[7]

Following the

interim government headed by Mehdi Bazargan.[11]

In September 1979, Moinfar was appointed oil minister in a cabinet reshuffle, becoming the first oil minister of Iran,[2][12] when the office was established.[6][13] He was also appointed chairman and managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), replacing Hasan Nazih in the post.[6][14]

Moinfar continued to serve as oil minister after the resignation of the interim government of Bazargan in November 1979. He also won a parliamentary seat in the

Majlis, and Mohammad Javad Tondguyan became the oil minister.[18]

Moinfar served as a parliament member until 1984. He was beaten by nearly ten conservative members of the parliament in 1983.[19] He ran for office in the elections in 1996, but his candidacy was rejected by the Guardian Council.[20]

Later years and death

Moinfar never left Iran except to visit his children who lived overseas.[21] He was an honorary member of the European Association for Earthquake Engineering.[22]

Moinfar died on 2 January 2018 in Tehran, 12 days before his 90th birthday.[1][23]

References

  1. ^ a b "تاریخ ایرانی - درگذشت معین‌فر؛ اولین وزیر نفت ایران". www.tarikhirani.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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    ISBN 978-1-134-09391-5
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  3. ^ a b Takashi Oka (17 January 1980). "Japan agonizes over joining West against Iran, USSR". The Christian Science Monitor. Tokyo. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Iranian oil officials threatened with purge". Edmonton Journal. 2 October 1979. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
  5. ^ Ali Ayoubi (2 February 2016), "مروری بر کارنامه انجمن اسلامی مهندسین", Shargh (in Persian), no. 2511, archived from the original on 29 November 2016, retrieved 28 November 2016
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    ISBN 978-0-8157-1776-8
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  7. ^
    ISBN 978-0813014616
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  8. ISBN 978-0-415-61050-6
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  9. ^ Barry Rubin (1980). Paved with Good Intentions (PDF). New York: Penguin Books. p. 283. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Bani Sadr: US should admit Iran crimes". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 29 January 1980. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Iran leader fires national oil firm head". St. Petersburg Times. London. AP. 29 September 1979. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  12. ^ Mir M. Hosseini. "5 February 1979 A.D.: Bazargan Becomes Prime Minister". Fouman. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Oil chief replaced". The Glasgow Herald. Tehran. 29 September 1979. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  14. ISBN 978-0-7102-1123-1
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  15. ^ "The Economy according to Islam". New Internationalist. 1 September 1980. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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  17. ^ a b "Bani Sadr disowns most of long-awaited cabinet". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1980. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  18. ^ Nader Habibi (June 2014). "Can Rouhani Revitalize Iran's Oil and Gas Industry?". Middle East Brief (80): 4.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Human Rights and Parliamentary Elections in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Human Rights Watch. 8 (1). March 1996.
  21. JSTOR 3991849
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  22. ^ "Letter to Giorgio Napolitano" (PDF). The European Association for Earthquake Engineering. 14 November 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  23. ^ "Iran's First Petroleum Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar Dies at 90". Ilna. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

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