Alinaghi Alikhani (Persian: علینقی عالیخانی‎; 21 January 1929 – 25 June 2019) was an Iranian economist who held government posts in the 1960s and was the first minister of economy of Iran.

[1] His father, Abedin Khan, was a Kazakh petty officer,[2] who later began to serve as the administrator of the lands in Khamseh and nearby areas owned by Reza Shah.

[4] While attending Paris University the Savak officials proposed him to join the organization which Alikhani accepted.

[3] The cabinet was headed by Prime Minister Asadollah Alam,[7] and Jahangir Tafazzoli recommended him to appoint Alikhani to the post.

[4] One of the significant events during his first ministerial term was a commercial agreement between Iran and European Economic Community signed in Brussels on 14 October 1963.

[8] Alikhani served in the same post in the next cabinets led by two different prime ministers, Hassan Ali Mansour and Amir Abbas Hoveida.

[2] He also served as a board member of the royal organization of social welfare headed by Princess Ashraf Pahlavi.