Abdolhossein Behnia

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Abdolhossein Behnia (Persian: عبدالحسین بهنیا), also Latinized as Abdul Husain Behnia, was an Iranian politician who served as minister of finance several times during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. [1] He served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ali Amini and then of Asadollah Alam in the early 1960s. [2] [3]

Behnia was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet of Ali Amini on 9 May 1961. [4] He resigned from office on 9 January 1962 due to the approval of a land reform bill by the cabinet. [5] Behnia argued that the bill was not required. [5]

Behnia was appointed minister of finance to the cabinet formed by Asadollah Alam on 21 July 1962. [6] He was appointed to the same post in the second cabinet of Alam on 19 February 1963. [7]

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