Fawzi Abdullah al-Qaisi was an Iraqi economist and academic, born in 1926 and died in 1979.[1]
Fawzi Abdullah al-Qaisi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1926 |
| Died | 1979 (aged 52–53) |
| Occupation(s) | Economist and academic |
| Known for | Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq |
Life
editHe spent his childhood in the Bani Said locality in Baghdad. He received his doctorate in the year 1958.[1]
He was an economist specializing in the Keynzian Monterrey Theory. He was also a Dean of the Faculty of Management and Economics at the University of Baghdad, then a general manager of the Rafidain Bank for the period 1968–1970, after that a manager of the Arab French Bank,[2] then governor of the Central Bank of Iraq for the period from 12 May 1973 to 29 December 1975 and finally Minister of Finance,[3] succeeding Saadi Ibrahim, who died on October 8, 1975, and remained in office until his death in 1979.[4]
He was always smoking, he burned his throat with a cigarette and died because of it. When he died in 1979, "his funeral took place in a spectacular scene that no civilian minister did enjoy at the time."[1]
Literature
edit- Critical Theory, 1964
- Budget of the Republic of Iraq for 1978
References
edit- ^ a b c "ابراهيم خليل العلاف - هل تعرفون الدكتور فوزي القيسي 1926-1979 ؟". الحوار المتمدن. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "الدكتور فوزي القيسي – الاقتصادي والإداري المتميز". Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "المحافظين". البنك المركزي. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ Historical Dictionary of Iraq - Beth K. Dougherty