Hushang Ansary

Hushang Ansary (, 16 July 1927 – 3 January 2026) was an Iranian-American politician, businessman and philanthropist. He was the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance and Iran's Ambassador to the United States from 1967 to 1969.

Government career
By the 1970s, the CIA saw Ansary to be one of the seventeen members of "the Shah's Inner Circle" and he was one of the Shah's top two choices to become Prime Minister.

In November 1977, Ansary also became the director of the National Iranian Oil Company, but resigned one year later and moved to the United States.Milani, pp. 82–84.

U.S. politics
Ansary was a Republican.Milani, pp. 79, 84. He was a friend and business partner of Henry Kissinger, Alexander Haig, and James Baker. He was on the National Finance Committee of the Bush re-election campaign and was a trustee of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. In 2015, Ansary and his wife donated $2 million to a Super PAC supporting the presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush. He donated $2 million to President Donald Trump's first inauguration.

Death
Ansary died on 3 January 2026 in Houston, Texas at the age of 98.

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