Mehdi Samii
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| Ambassador-at-large and Advisor to the Prime Minister for International Financing | |
| In office 1971–1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
| Governor of the Central Bank of Iran | |
| In office 1970–1971 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
| Preceded by | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
| Succeeded by | Abdolali Jahanshahi |
| In office 1964–1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Hassan-Ali Mansur |
| Deputy | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
| Preceded by | Ali-Asghar Poorhomayoon |
| Succeeded by | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
| Head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran | |
| In office 1969–1970 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Safi Asfia |
| Succeeded by | Khodadad Farmanfarmaian |
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| Born | (1918-06-24)24 June 1918 Tehran, Qajar Iran |
| Died | 30 June 2010(2010-06-30) (aged 92) Los Angeles, California, USA |
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| Relatives | Fereydoun Mahdavi |
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Mehdi Samii (Persian: مهدی سمیعی; 1918–2010) was an Iranian chartered accountant, banker and economist.[1] Samii is credited as "one of the chief architects of Iran's rapid economic and Industrial growth in the 1960s", as well as "a midwife of in the creation of the [Central] bank [of Iran]" and "more than anyone else responsible" for it.[1] According to Abbas Milani, "the fact that the bank was a relatively independent institution, free from corruption and political interference and unusually efficient", is attributed to his leadership.[1]
Samii was born in Tehran in 1910.[1][2] He held office as the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (1964–1969; 1970–1971), the head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran (1969–1971) and Ambassador-at-large (1971–1973).[1] Before that, Samii rejected job offers for ministerial roles twice: Once in 1960 when Jafar Sharif-Emami offered him the role of the minister of agriculture and the next in the following year when Ali Amini proposed that he become minister of commerce.[1]
He was a co-founder of Iranian Institute of Certified Accountants.[1] He died in 2010.[2]
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Ambassador-at-large of Iran for Economic Affairs 1971–1973 |
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| Preceded by | Governor of the Central Bank of Iran 1970–1971 |
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| Preceded by | Governor of the Central Bank of Iran 1964–1969 |
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| Unknown | CEO of Industrial and Mining Development Bank of Iran 1959–1964 |
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| Unknown | CEO of Agricultural Development Bank 1973–1979 |
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