Ali-Akbar Zargham

Ali-Akbar Zargham, Persian علی اکبر ضرغام, (February 24, 1911 - December, 1976) was the Finance Minister of Iran from December 5, 1959 to March 11, 1961 in the cabinets of Manouchehr Eghbal and Jafar Sharif-Emami. Ali-Akbar Zargham was born in Tehran in 1911. He attended Nezam High School, which was a military high school created by Reza Shah. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1934, and eventually finished his military studies at the War ... more

Ali-Akbar Zargham, Persian علی اکبر ضرغام, (February 24, 1911 - December, 1976) was the Finance Minister of Iran from December 5, 1959 to March 11, 1961 in the cabinets of Manouchehr Eghbal and Jafar Sharif-Emami. Ali-Akbar Zargham was born in Tehran in 1911. He attended Nezam High School, which was a military high school created by Reza Shah. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1934, and eventually finished his military studies at the War University (now known as the National Defense University) in 1940. He became a Major General in 1958 under Eghbal's premiership. In 1951, Zargham was assigned to the military governor's office and in 1952 he was appointed as the director-general of the Department of Sugar. In 1955, he became the director of customs and two years later he was appointed as the first minister of customs and monopolies. Finally, on December 5, 1959 he was chosen as the finance minister under Eghbal's cabinet and kept his position in Sharif-Emami's cabinet. After... less