Masoud Nili

Masoud Nili
Economic Advisor to the President
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 September 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
Deputy Head of Management and Planning Organization
In office 2 January 1993 – 22 November 2001
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Ahmad Motamedi
Succeeded by	Ali Tayebnia
Personal details
Born	(1955-02-14) 14 February 1955 Tehran, Iran
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Sharif University of Technology Isfahan University Manchester University

Masoud Nili (born 14 February 1955 in Hamedan) is an Iranian academic and economist who currently serves as senior advisor for economic affairs to President Hassan Rouhani.

Early life and education

He was born on 14 February 1955 in Hamedan, Iran. He is graduated from Sharif University of Technology with a degree in structural engineering. He is also a graduate of Isfahan University of Technology in economic systems design and of Manchester University in economics.

Career

He is the former dean of the Management and Economics Faculty of Sharif University of Technology from 2000 until 2011. He has seven books and many articles that were published in various fields of macroeconomics and political economy. He served as the deputy head of the Management and Planning Organization for three years in the government of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He also served in this post in the government of Mohammad Khatami. He contributed to the development of the first and second 5-year development plans. He was also the president of economy council from 2002 to 2004 and then the head of the privatization committee from 2004 to 2005. He was also the chairman of the Institute for Research in Planning and Development and has been professor at the Institute. One of his most important activities was in the development strategy of industrial development when Eshaq Jahangiri was the minister of industries. Nili was part of economic team in the Hassan Rouhani's presidential campaign. He was appointed Presidential economic advisor and minister of state for economic affairs by Rouhani on 4 September 2013.

Works

• Iran's Economy (1996)
• Underdevelopment dilemma in Economy of Iran (1998)
• Industrial development experience in the world (2012)

See also

• Economy of Iran