Alinaghi Alikhani

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Alinaghi Alikhani
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Minister of Industry and Commerce
In office
1963–1963
Prime MinisterAsadollah Alam
Minister of Economy
In office
1963–1969
Prime MinisterAsadollah Alam
Hassan Ali Mansour
Amir Abbas Hoveida
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byHushang Ansari
Chancellor of Tehran University
In office
1969–1971
Preceded byFazlollah Reza
Succeeded byHouchang Nahavandi
Personal details
Born21 January 1929
Khamseh, Zanjan Province, Iran
Died25 June 2019(2019-06-25) (aged 90)
NationalityIranian
Children3
ParentsAbedin Khan (father)
ResidenceWashington DC
Alma materTehran University
Paris University

Alinaghi Alikhani (Persian: علینقی عالیخانی‎‎; 21 January 1929 – 25 June 2019) was an Iranian economist who held government posts in the 1960s and was the first minister of economy. He also served as the Chancellor of Tehran University.

Early life and education[]

Alikhani was born in Khamseh, near Abhar, Zanjan Province, on 21 January 1929.[1] His father, Abedin Khan, was a Kazakh petty officer.[2] Later he began to serve as the administrator of the lands in Khamseh and nearby regions owned by Reza Shah.[1] The family moved to a village, Varamin, near Tehran where Alikhani was raised.[1]

Alikhani graduated from Tehran University with a bachelor's degree in law in 1949.[1] During his studies at the university he was part of an anti-communism group.[1] He got a doctor of business administration in France.[2] He also received a PhD degree in economics from Paris University.[1][3] His thesis focused on the potential role of states in encouraging industrialisation.[4] While attending Paris University the Savak officials proposed him to join the organization which Alikhani accepted.[1]

Career[]

Alinaghi Alikhani (first row, far left) in the inauguration of Cabinet of Mansur in 1964

Following his return to Iran, Alikhani started his career at the economic analysis department of Savak.[1][3] Next he worked at the National Oil Company and became a consultant to the Tehran Trade Chamber.[2] Alikhani was made the minister of industry and commerce in 1963.[5] Next he was named the minister of economy in 1963 when the ministry was first established.[4] In fact, Alikhani was asked to involve in the establishment of the ministry of economy transforming the ministry of industry and commerce.[3]

Like other senior officials of the period Alikhani was a supporter of the protectionism and the promotion of the private sector.[4] Alikhani served in the cabinets of three prime ministers, namely Asadollah Alam, Hassan Ali Mansour and Amir Abbas Hoveida.[6] When he was minister of economy Alikhani informed the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, about his half-brother's, Gholam Reza Pahlavi, illegal financial activities with the officials from an East European country.[7] He was in office until 1969 when he was resigned.[7] Alikhani's successor as minister of economy was Hushang Ansary.[7] The reason for his resignation was the clash between the shah and Alikhani due to the shah's inclination to intervene in the economy and the regulation of prices.[8]

Alikhani's next post was the Chancellor of Tehran University to which he was appointed in 1969.[5] He held the post until 1971.[5] After his retirement from governmental roles Alikhani involved in business.[2]

Books[]

Alikhani was the author of several books some of which are edited by others, including The Shah and I: The Confidential Diary of Iran's Royal Court, 1968-77 and Alam Diaries.[9]

Personal life and death[]

Alikhani met his future wife, a French women, in France during his graduate studies.[1] They had three children, two sons and a daughter.[1]

They were forced to leave Iran just after the establishment of Islamic Republic in 1979.[1] Alikhani and his wife settled in Washington DC.[1] He died in June 2019.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l Abbas Milani (19 December 2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941-1979. One and Two. Syracuse University Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8156-0907-0.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Iran Oral and Visual History Project Vol 4; Economic and Security: The Memoirs of Ali Naghi Alikhani". Opars Books. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ehsanee Ian Sadr (2013). To whisper in the king's ear: Economists in Pahlavi and Islamic Iran (PhD thesis). University of Maryland, College Park. p. 75. ProQuest 1432765052.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ramin Nassehi (2018). "Domesticating Cold War Economic Ideas: The Rise of Iranian Developmentalism in the 1950s and 1960s". In Roham Alvandi (ed.). The Age of Aryamer: Late Pahlavi Iran and Its Global Entanglements. London: Gingko. doi:10.2307/j.ctv7tq4nd.5. ISBN 9781909942196.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Interview with Alikhani, Ali Naghi: Tape 07" (Project material). Harvard University. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Hamid Kayhan (25 June 2019). "علینقی عالیخانی، وزیر اقتصاد هویدا، علم و منصور درگذشت رادیو". BBC (in Persian). Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Vali Nasr (February 2000). "Politics within the Late-Pahlavi State: The Ministry of Economy and Industrial Policy, 1963-69". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 32 (1): 105, 108. JSTOR 259537.
  8. ^ Fakhreddin Azimi (2008). The Quest for Democracy in Iran: A Century of Struggle against Authoritarian Rule. Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press. p. 193. doi:10.4159/9780674020368-007 (inactive 23 August 2021). ISBN 978-0-674-02778-7.CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2021 (link)
  9. ^ "Alinaghi Alikhani's Books". Good Reads. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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