Hushang Ansary
Hushang Ansary (Persian: هوشنگ انصاری, born 1927) is an Iranian-American former diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist. He served for eighteen years in the Iranian government prior to the Iranian Revolution including as Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance and Iran's Ambassador to the United States from 1967 to 1969. He has been chairman or director of companies both in Iran and in the United States.
Hushang Ansary | |
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| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 1 March 1974 – 23 December 1977 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveida Jamshid Amouzegar |
| Preceded by | Jamshid Amouzegar |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Yeganeh |
| Minister of Tourism and Information | |
| In office 29 December 1971 – 1 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveida |
| Preceded by | Hassan Pakravan |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani |
| Ambassador of Iran to the United States | |
| In office 25 May 1967 – 1 October 1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Amir-Abbas Hoveida |
| Preceded by | Khosrow Khosrovani |
| Succeeded by | Amir Aslan Afshar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1927 (age 96–97) Ahvaz, Pahlavi Iran |
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| Children | Nina Ansary |
In 2021, he was convicted, together with his daughter Nina Ansary and others, of defrauding policyholders of Dutch Caribbean insurer ENNIA of more than 500 million dollars.
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