Ebrahim Sheibani (Persian: ابراهیم شیبانی) is an Iranian economist who served as the 16th governor of the Central Bank of Iran from 2003 to 2007. He held the longest tenure (19 years) as a member of the board of governors in Iran's central bank history. Before his appointment as the governor, he was the deputy of economic affairs and the secretary general of the Central Bank of Iran from 1989 to 2003. In 2007, Sheibani resigned due to conflicts with President Ahmadinejad over economic policies[1][2] and was appointed as the Iran's Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia, and Slovakia.[3]
Ebrahim Sheibani | |
|---|---|
| Governor of the Central Bank of Iran | |
| In office 3 May 2003 – 5 September 2007 | |
| Appointed by | Mohammad Khatami |
| Deputy | Mohammad-Javad Vahaji |
| Preceded by | Mohsen Nourbakhsh |
| Succeeded by | Tahmasb Mazaheri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 Isfahan province |
He also served as the chairman of the money and credit council, the stock exchange council, and the banks supreme council of Iran. Besides his executive positions, he has been a faculty member of the economics department at the University of Tehran since 1991.
He received his PhD and MA in economics from Indiana University Bloomington,[4] USA and his post-graduate diploma in Statistics and National Accounting from the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. Prior to that, he earned his MA and BA in economics from the University of Tehran.
Sheibani is a published poet and has three children.[5] His wife Zohre Afsharian, PhD in economics from Indiana University, is also a full professor of economics at Alzahra University.
References
edit- ^ "Governor of Iran's Central Bank Resigns". The New York Times. 2007-08-27. ISSN 0362-4331.
- ^ "Iran cenbank official says governor not resigning". Reuters. 2007-08-22.
- ^ "A Treasurer in the Embassy: Sheibani to be Iran's Ambassador to Austria". irdiplomacy.ir.
- ^ "Indiana University Department of Economics Newsletter" (PDF).
- ^ Banker, The. "Poet who's unafraid of harsh words". www.thebanker.com.
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