Mohammad Tabibian
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Seyed Mohammad Tabibian is an Iranian economist
who served under the administration of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as deputy director of the Planning and Budget Organization. He left to help found the High Institute of Plan and Development Research in Tehran as of early 1990s. He has also taught at the Isfahan University of Technology
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Tabibian was head of groups made First Five Year Plan(1989–1993) and Second Five Year Plan of Iran(1994–1998).
Tabibian received his Bachelor and Master Degree from Pahlavi University (now Shiraz University). He studied at the University of North Carolina in the United States. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 1980. When the revolution started he returned to Iran and served as director of the Planning and Budget Organization's Macro Economy Bureau in 1981 at the beginning of the Iranian Revolution
. He has been called "Iran's foremost free-market economist
and ... one of the country's most important reformers."
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
who served under the administration of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as deputy director of the Planning and Budget Organization. He left to help found the High Institute of Plan and Development Research in Tehran as of early 1990s. He has also taught at the Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan University of Technology is one of the most prestigious engineering universities in Iran. It is located 15 Kilometers north west of Isfahan and is one of the major universities and research poles in Iran in the fields of science, engineering and agriculture...
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Tabibian was head of groups made First Five Year Plan(1989–1993) and Second Five Year Plan of Iran(1994–1998).
Tabibian received his Bachelor and Master Degree from Pahlavi University (now Shiraz University). He studied at the University of North Carolina in the United States. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina in 1980. When the revolution started he returned to Iran and served as director of the Planning and Budget Organization's Macro Economy Bureau in 1981 at the beginning of the Iranian Revolution
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...
. He has been called "Iran's foremost free-market economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and ... one of the country's most important reformers."