Nazih Deif

Nazih Deif (4 March 1923 – 10 November 1992) was an Egyptian economist and academic. He worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), other leading finance institutions and Cairo University. He served as the minister of planning and minister of treasury in the 1960s during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Early life and education Deif was born on 4 March 1923. He received a degree in economics from Cairo University and a master of science degree in statics from the University of Chicago. Deif remained in office until 1964 when he was named as the governor of the IMF which he held until 1966.

After retiring from government posts Deif began to teach at Cairo University. From 1979 to 1981 he was the deputy chairman and managing director of National Bank of Kuwait (Egypt). He later emigrated to the United States, and died in Framingham, Massachusetts, on 10 November 1992 at the age of 69.