Ehsan Khandozi

Ehsan Khandozi is an Iranian economist and politician who has served as the minister of economic and financial affairs from 2021 to 2024.

Early life and education

Hailing from a religious family, Khandozi was born in Gorgan in 1980. Beginning in 1998, he studied Islamic sciences and economics at Imam Sadiq University. He has a Ph.D. in economics which he obtained from Islamic Azad University.

Khandozi worked as the head of the Basij. In 2013 he was made the economy director of the Parliamentary Research Center. From 2014 he began to work at Allameh Tabataba'i University. He was elected to the Majlis in 2020 representing Tehran becoming a member of the 11th term and served there in different commissions related to economy. He was nominated as the minister of economic and financial affairs to the cabinet of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and was confirmed by the Majlis on 25 August 2021. He received 254 votes in favor.

Khandozi has published various articles and three books, including A just city: An introduction to the theory of economic justice in the Quran.