Tahmasb Mazaheri

Iranian politician and economist

Tahmasb Mazaheri


Governor of the Central Bank of Iran
In office 5 September 2007 – 23 September 2008
Appointed by	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Ebrahim Sheibani
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Bahmani
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance
In office 22 August 2001 – 25 April 2004
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hossein Namazi
Succeeded by	Safdar Hosseini

Tahmasb Mazaheri (Persian: طهماسب مظاهری) is an Iranian politician who served as the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance between 2001 and 2004, and then held office as the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran from 2007 to 2008.

Career

Mazaheri was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet of Mohammad Khatami in 2001.^[1] He replaced Hossein Namazi in the post.^[1] Mazaheri's term ended in April 2004 and he was succeeded by Safdar Hosseini.^[2]

Mazaheri was the governor of the Central Bank of Iran from September 2007 to September 2008.^[3] He was the shortest serving governor of Central Bank since its establishment.

He was a candidate in the 2013 presidential election.^[4]^[5] His nomination was rejected.

Controversy

In January 2013, Mazaheri was interrogated at Düsseldorf Airport by German police due to not informing the authorities in advance that he carried a 300 million Venezuelan bolívar cheque (nearly $70 million).^[6]^[7]

It was later noted that the cheque belonged to an Iranian building company to cover its expenses while building public housing in Venezuela and Mazaheri was bringing the check for the company.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b "New Govt". APS Diplomat Recorder. 18 August 2001. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
^ "Shuffling the Surgeon of Iran's Economy". Iran International (29). May 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Iran replaces governor of central bank: official". AFP Global Edition. 20 September 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ Tahmasb Mazaheri announced his candidacy
^ Candidates of 2013 election
^ Habibinia, Omid (29 April 2013). "Iran-Venezuela ties: win-win game for reformists and conservatives". Your Middle East. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Iran's ex-central bank chief caught entering Germany with 45mln pounds cheque". Asian News International. London. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^ "Diplomat: Check was for Iranian Company's work".

Government offices
Preceded by Ebrahim Sheibani	Governor of the Central Bank of Iran 2007–2008	Succeeded by Mahmoud Bahmani
Preceded by Hossein Namazi	Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance 2001–2004	Succeeded by Safdar Hosseini
Unknown	Secretary-General of the Central Bank of Iran 1991–1994	Unknown Next known title holder: Ebrahim Sheibani

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)
Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)
Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)
Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)
Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)
Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)
Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)
Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)
Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004