Ahmadi, Ahmad-Ali

Ahmadi, Ahmad-Ali

Interviewer	Gholam-Reza Afkhami
Place	Bethesda, MD
Date	July 31 and August 1, 1991
Condition	Open
Status	Complete
Language	Persian
Content
Interviewee Details	Deputy Managing Director, Khuzestan Water and Power Authority (KWPA), 1961-1968; Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, 1968-1972; Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 1972-1973; Managing Director, International Agrobusiness Corporation of Iran, 1973-1877; Minister of Agriculture, 1977-1978.
Abstract	Family and educational background' first experiences with the Iranian governmental bureaucracy; joining the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority; David Lillienthal's role in planning and administering KWPA; problems and processes of dam construction on the Dez and Karun Rivers; structural and functional characteristics of the Mohammad Reza Shah Dam on the Dez River; development of electric power grids; Haft-Tappeh Sugar Cane Project; on methods of improving techniques of cutting canes; on water-shed management; on developing human resources to replace foreign experts; on various agro-business associated with KWPA; on Abdorreza Ansari's qualities as manager and leader; on Hasan Shahmirzadi and other collagues at KWPA; on organizational relations with central ministries and Khuzestan governorate; on the various managers of the Plan and Budget Organization; on Minister Rowhani; on the Natural Resources Ministry's mission; on Minister Naser Golsorkhi's role in Environmental Protection; on the International Agro-Business Corporation of Iran and its operations in Khuzestan; working as consulting engineer for Dasht-e reorganizing the Ministry; concepts and principles governing the reorganization process; on the Amuzegar cabinet; assessment of the agriculture policy and development in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s.

Interviewer

Gholam-Reza Afkhami

Place

Bethesda, MD

Date

July 31 and August 1, 1991

Condition

Open

Status

Complete

Language

Persian

Content

Interviewee Details

Deputy Managing Director, Khuzestan Water and Power Authority (KWPA), 1961-1968; Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, 1968-1972; Deputy Minister of Agriculture, 1972-1973; Managing Director, International Agrobusiness Corporation of Iran, 1973-1877; Minister of Agriculture, 1977-1978.

Abstract

Family and educational background' first experiences with the Iranian governmental bureaucracy; joining the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority; David Lillienthal's role in planning and administering KWPA; problems and processes of dam construction on the Dez and Karun Rivers; structural and functional characteristics of the Mohammad Reza Shah Dam on the Dez River; development of electric power grids; Haft-Tappeh Sugar Cane Project; on methods of improving techniques of cutting canes; on water-shed management; on developing human resources to replace foreign experts; on various agro-business associated with KWPA; on Abdorreza Ansari's qualities as manager and leader; on Hasan Shahmirzadi and other collagues at KWPA; on organizational relations with central ministries and Khuzestan governorate; on the various managers of the Plan and Budget Organization; on Minister Rowhani; on the Natural Resources Ministry's mission; on Minister Naser Golsorkhi's role in Environmental Protection; on the International Agro-Business Corporation of Iran and its operations in Khuzestan; working as consulting engineer for Dasht-e reorganizing the Ministry; concepts and principles governing the reorganization process; on the Amuzegar cabinet; assessment of the agriculture policy and development in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s.

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