Ebrahim Zand (1888-1974) was an Iranian politician. Zand received his primary education in

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and went to

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to continue his education. He entered the St. Petersburg School of Law and received a college degree there. In 1920, after returning to Iran, he entered the State Department. He became the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture and was appointed 5 times no less as Minister of War. Between 1950 and 1951, he was the governor of

Bank Melli Iran Bank Melli Iran (BMI; fa, بانک ملی ایران, lit=National Bank of Iran, ''Bânk-e Melli-ye Irân'') is the first national and commercial retail bank of Iran. It is considered as the largest Iranian company in terms of annual income with ...

, Iran's central bank at that time. Then he served as governor of Isfahan, and was succeeded in this post by

Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Sadr Seyyed Mohammad Ali Keshavarz Sadr ( Mahallat, 1902 – 17 October 1974) was a lawyer, judge, author and leading figure in the National Front of Iran. A close friend and associate of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh, often acting as his officia ...

. He was also the Iranian ambassador to Turkey, Italy and Spain.

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