Ebrahim Sheibani

Ebrahim Sheibani ( fa, ابراهیم شیبانی) is an Iranian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner 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. Within this field there are ...

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 and was appointed as the Iran's Ambassador to Austria, Slovenia, and Slovakia. 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 The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

since 1991. He received his PhD and MA in economics from

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and, with over 40,000 students, its largest camp ...

, USA and his post-graduate diploma in Statistics and National Accounting from the

International Institute of Social Studies The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam is an independent and international graduate school of policy-oriented critical social science. ISS was established in 1952 by Dutch universities and the Net ...

, The Hague, Netherlands. Prior to that, he earned his MA and BA in economics from the

. Sheibani is a published poet and has three children. His wife Zohre Afsharian, PhD in economics from Indiana University, is also a full professor of economics at Alzahra University. Iranian economists Living people Indiana University alumni Ambassadors of Iran to Austria Ambassadors of Iran to Slovenia Ambassadors of Iran to Slovakia Governors of the Central Bank of Iran Year of birth missing (living people) {{iran-bio-stub