About Jamshid Amouzegar
Jamshid Amouzegar (Persian: جمشید آموزگار; 25 June 1923 – 27 September 2016) was an Iranian economist, politician, and the prime minister of Iran from 7 August 1977 until his resignation on 27 August 1978. He was the second and fourth Secretary-General of the Rastakhiz Party from 1976 to 1977 and in 1978. Prior to that, he served as the minister of interior and minister of finance in the cabinet of Amir-Abbas Hoveida. == Early life and education == Jamshid was born on 25 June 1923 in Tehran, Iran. His father was Habibollah Amouzegar, a leading lawyer and politician, and he had a brother, Jahangir. He graduated from Tehran University with degrees in law and engineering, and then attended Cornell University, where he received a Ph.D in 1950. == Career == Amouzegar served as deputy minister in Iran's ministry of health under Jahanshah Saleh in 1955. In 1959, Amouzegar replaced Hassan Akhavi as agriculture minister when Akhavi was removed from the cabinet of Prime Minister Manouchehr Eghbal. He was appointed minister of labor and then minister of health in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Hasan-ali Mansour. He subsequently became minister of finance in the cabinet of Amir Abbas Hoveida after the assassination of Prime Minister Mansour in 1964, remaining in that post for nine years.
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