Governor of the Central Bank of Iran () is the highest administrative authority of the Central Bank of Iran, making decisions concerning all such current affairs of the bank.
Presently, the President appoints the governor upon the recommendation of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance, who must be verified by the CBI's general assembly.
Unlike many countries, the governor of central bank is not mandated to decide on the monetary policy in Iran by himself, but he is head of the body with that responsibility, The Currency and Credit Council, an organ within the central bank but controlled by the government. The governor is assisted by an executive board comprising, in addition to himself as the chairman, the deputy governor, vice-governors, and the secretary-general of the Currency and Credit Council.
The law specifies no fixed term for the governor, however the officeholder is appointed for five years.
List The historical governors of Central Bank of Iran are: Name Term in office AppointerAssumedLeft 1 Ebrahim Kashani 1960 1961 Manouchehr Eghbal 2 Ali-Asghar Pourhomayoun 1961 1964 Ali Amini 3 Mahdi Samii 1964 1969 Hassan-Ali Mansur 4 Khodadad Farmanfarmaian 1969 1970Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (3) Mahdi Samii 1970 1971 5 Abdol-Ali Jahanshahi 1971 1973 6 Mohammad Yeganeh 1973 1975 7 Hassan Ali Mehran 1975 1978 8 Yousef Khoshkish 1978 1979 Jamshid Amouzegar 9 Mohammad-Ali Molavi1979 Mehdi Bazargan 10 Alireza Nobari 1979 1981 Abolhassan Banisadr 11 Mohsen Nourbakhsh 1981 1986Mir-Hossein Mousavi 12 Majid Ghassemi 1986 1989 13 Mohammad Hossein Adeli 1989 1994Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani(11)Mohsen Nourbakhsh19942003Mohammad Khatami – Mohammad-Javad Vahaji (acting)2003 14 Ebrahim Sheibani 2003 2007 15 Tahmasb Mazaheri 2007 2008Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 16 Mahmoud Bahmani 2008 2013 17 Valiollah Seif 2013 2018Hassan Rouhani 18 Abdolnaser Hemmati 2018 2021 19 2021 2021 20 2021 2022 Ebrahim Raisi 21 2022 2025 Ebrahim RaisiMasoud Pezeshkian (18) Abdolnaser Hemmati 2025 Incumbent Masoud Pezeshkian
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