Hushang Ansary (, born January 1, 1926 ) 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 1967–1969. He has been chairman or director of companies both in Iran and in the United States. Political career Born in  Ahvaz, in Iran's Khuzestan Province, Ansary first worked as a newspaper and magazine photographer in Ahvaz, Tehran, and England before moving to Japan in 1954. There he met Abbas Aram, Iran's ambassador to Japan, who soon brought him to the attention of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah asked Ansary to return to Iran and appointed him to several government positions starting in 1961, including Undersecretary of Commerce, ambassador to many African nations and to Pakistan, and Minister of Information.Milani, p. 80. Category:Finance ministers of Iran Category:Iranian businesspeople Category:Iranian diplomats Category:Living people Category:Government ministers of Iran Category:Rastakhiz Party politicians Category:Ambassadors of Iran to the United States Category:Ambassadors of Iran to Pakistan Category:Iranian emigrants to the United States Category:People from Ahvaz Category:Politicians from Houston Category:American philanthropists Category:Texas Republicans Category:Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United States Category:National Iranian Oil Company people Category: 1926 bir
Hushang Ansary (, 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 1967–1969. He has been chairman or director of companies both in Iran and in the United States. Political career Born in 1927 in Ahvaz, in Iran's Khuzestan Province, Ansary first worked as a newspaper and magazine photographer in Ahvaz, Tehran, and England before moving to Japan in 1954. There he met Abbas Aram, Iran's ambassador to Japan, who soon brought him to the attention of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Shah asked Ansary to return to Iran and appointed him to several government positions starting in 1961, including Undersecretary of Commerce, ambassador to many African nations and to Pakistan, and Minister of Information.Milani, p. 80. Category:Finance ministers of Iran Category:Iranian businesspeople Category:Iranian diplomats Category:Living people Category:Government ministers of Iran Category:Rastakhiz Party politicians Category:Ambassadors of Iran to the United States Category:Ambassadors of Iran to Pakistan Category:Iranian emigrants to the United States Category:People from Ahvaz Category:Politicians from Houston Category:American philanthropists Category:Texas Republicans Category:Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United States Category:National Iranian Oil Company people Category: 1927 bir
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