Hushang Ansary
Hushang Ansary | |
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هوشنگ انصاری | |
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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 | 16 July 1927 Ahvaz, Persia |
| Died | 3 January 2026 (aged 98) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
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| Children | Nina Ansary |
Hushang Ansary (Persian: هوشنگ انصاری, 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.[1]
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.[2]
U.S. politics
Ansary was a Republican.[3] 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.[4] In 2015, Ansary and his wife donated $2 million to a Super PAC supporting the presidential candidacy of Jeb Bush.[5] He donated $2 million to President Donald Trump's first inauguration.[6]
Death
Ansary died on 3 January 2026 in Houston, Texas at the age of 98.[7]
References
- ↑ "Chronology May 16, 1977-August 15, 1977". The Middle East Journal. 31 (4): 474. 1977. JSTOR 4325678.
- ↑ Milani, pp. 82–84.
- ↑ Milani, pp. 79, 84.
- ↑ Staff (January 9, 2009). "Donors pay for carrier Bush commissioning". The Virginian Pilot. The Pilot Online. Archived from the original on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ↑ "Million-Dollar Donors in the 2016 Presidential Race". New York Times. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "Trump 2017 Inauguration Contributions". OpenSecrets.org |. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Zakenman Hushang Ansary (98) overleden". Curaçao.nu. 5 January 2026. Retrieved 5 January 2026.