Abol Hassan Ebtehaj (1899– 1999) was an Iranian banker and administrator who headed the Bank Melli during the rule of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

[3] He was removed from office by the Prime Minister Haj Ali Razmara in 1950 after the decentralization of the Seven Year Plan.

[4] After his diplomatic post, he worked at the International Monetary Fund as the director of the Middle East Department.

[4][5] Under his presidency the Plan Organization would both train and employ young technocratic elites who might be assigned to government posts.

[4][10] Ebtehaj criticized the economic policies of Iran on various platforms, including BBC Panorama interview.

[4] He was arrested on 11 November 1961 shortly after his return to Iran from a meeting in San Francisco where he also had expressed his critical views.

[3][4] Frances Bostock and Geoffrey Jones published a biography of Ebtehaj in 1989 with a special reference his activities at the Planning Organization.