Civil Service Archives - Foundation for Iranian Studies

Macy, John

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:07:53 +0000

Early Career and recollections of David Lillienthal; on the Khuzestan Water and Power Authority; recollections of the various advisory projects in Iran; recollections of the planning for administrative reform and decentralization of bureaucratic power in Iran; recollections of the Revolution of 1978-79; on various Iranian political and public officials; settlement of Iranians in the U.S. after the Revolution, and the activities of the Iran-America Friendship Foundation.

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Jalinus, Mesbah

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Childhood and educational background; origins and history of Iran’s electricity networks; development of a national electricity network; linkages between Iran’s electricity network and other sectors of the economy; balance sheet of Iran’s electricity networking; planning for increase in electricity production and distribution; problems of bureaucratic reform in Iran; recollections of Amir Abbas Hoveyda and Mansur Rowhani; on influence peddling in acquisition of government contracts; on the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), its structure and mode of operation; reminiscences of Manuchehr Eqbal and his leadership style at NIOC; on the Imperial Commission and its investigation of government agencies.

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Gudarzi, Manuchehr

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:08:15 +0000

Family and educational background; activities of the Plan and Budget Organization; formation and functions of the High Council for Administrative Affairs; Amini and Alam premierships; on Prime Minister Mansur and his Progressive Circle; politics of selecting cabinet ministers; on cabinet politics; workings of the civil service; drawing up new laws and legislations for the civil service; on the Shah’s reaction to opponents of the civil service bill; on public administration education in Iran in the 1960s and 1970s; agricultural productivity and price policy; problems of the agricultural sector; urban development in Iran; on the development of the public sector; reminiscences of Iranian premiers from Ali Amini to Amir Abbas Hoveyda; recollections of Princess Ashraf; joining the private sector.

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Alimard, Amin

zah7d — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:09:25 +0000

Recollections of childhood, family and education; on the Russians in Tabriz during the Allied occupation of Iran; on activities in school during the war; coming to Tehran; School and university in Tehran; involvement in literary activity; employment in the National Railroad System; recollections of military service; editing Jahan-e No literary journal; on Iranian intellectuals during the 1940s and 1950s; on the Tehran political scene in the 1940s; on getting scholarship to the American University of Beirut; education in Beirut; Public Administration Program at the University of Southern California; teaching at the newly established National University of Iran; as deputy minster of interior for political and parliamentary affairs in 1974-75; on Baqer Namazi, Mostafa Alamuti, Holaku Rambod, Gholam Reza Afkhami; on Prime Minister Hoveyda; on Jamshid Amuzegar as Minister of Interior and as Prime Minister; as Secretary General of the State Organization for Administration and Employment; streamlining state administrative system; David Lillienthal’s Development and Resources Organization in Iran; on John Macy; vision of Iran’s future; on the Sharif-Emami cabinet; serving with General Gholam Reza Azhari; keeping appointment with Shapur Bakhtiyar on his last day in office; on the Iranian Revolution; on the Shah; on Queen Farah.

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