Hossein Namazi


Hossein Namazi is an Iranian economist and academic, who served in different cabinet posts.

Education

Namazi received a PhD in economics in Austria.

Career

Namazi is an economist and academic. He served as the minister of finance in different governments of Iran. Firstly he served in this post from March 1980 to 1985. In 1985 he was approved for the post by the Majlis, getting 106 for votes.
He was reappointed to this post to the cabinet led by then president Mohammad Khatami in August 1997. He succeeded Morteza Mohammadkhan in the post. When Namazi was in office, there was a rivalry between him and Mohsen Nourbakhsh, then governor of the Central Bank of Iran. Namazi's term ended in August 2001 and he was replaced by Tahmasb Mazaheri in the post.

Views

Namazi strongly supported social justice in Iran. He rejected the relaxing restrictions on imports of foreign goods, especially cars, and preferred restrictive labour laws.