Background
EBTEHAJ., Rasht was born on November 29, 1899 in Rasht, Iran. Son of Ebrahim and Fatima Ebtehaj.
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Rasht EBTEHAJ.
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Paris and Beirut.
Career
Joined Imperial Bank of Iran 1920. Government Inspector Agricultural Bank and Controller of State-owned Companies 1936; Vice-Governor Bank Melli Iran (Central Bank) 1938.
Chair, and Manager Director Mortgage Bank 1940.
Governor Bank Melli Iran, Central Bank of Iran 1942-1950. Chairman Persian Delegate Middle East Financial and Monetary Conference, Cairo 1944.
Chairman Persian Delegate Bretton Woods Conference 1944. Ambassador to France 1950-1952.
Adviser to Manager Director I.M.F. 1952.
Director Middle East Department, I.M.F. 1953. Manager Director Plan Organization (Development Board), Teheran 1954-1959. Chairman Economics Commission Baghdad Pact 1956.
President Iranians’ Bank (private bank, associated with Citibank, New York 1968) 1959-1972, Chairman 1972-1977.
Imprisoned under Shah’s regime November 1961, charges dropped and released June 1962. Founder and Chairman Iran America Institute Insurance Company 1974-1979.
Membership
High Economics Council 1954-1959.
Interests
Connections
Married 1st Mariam Nabavi in 1929, 2nd Azamoosh Sani in 1956.
