Ali Tayebnia (Persian: علی طیب‌نیا, born 5 April 1960) is an Iranian academic, economist and former minister of finance. He was designated by President Hassan Rouhani for the position of finance minister on 4 August 2013 and was confirmed by the parliament on 15 August. He left the office on 20 August 2017.

Tayebnia was born in Isfahan in 1960.^[1] He received his BA (1986) and MA (1989) in theoretical economics, and his PhD (1994) in economics, all from the University of Tehran and first in each class.^[2][3][4] As part of Tayebnia's doctoral studies, he spent a year studying at the London School of Economics under the supervision of Laurence Harris.^[5]

Tayebnia is an academic and has served in various state education institutions delivering courses on economy and finance.^[6] He was a faculty member at his alma mater, the University of Tehran.^[3][7] His field of interest is public economics.^[8]

He was the secretary of the economic commission from 1997 to 2000.^[9] He served as the deputy head of the Presidential Office for planning under the President Mohammad Khatami from 2001 to 2005.^[9] Then he was again named the secretary of the economic commission in 2005, and his tenure lasted until 2007.^[9]

He was a representative of and an advisor to Mohammad Reza Aref during the 2013 presidential elections.^[3] He was also Aref's economic advisor.^[10][11]

On 15 August, the Majlis approved him as minister, giving 274 votes for and 7 votes against.^[12] He was given the highest votes for with the rate of 96.5% which was also all-time record for Iranian confirmation process.^[13]