employment and private sector profits that would later compound the government's problems. He resigned and was replaced by Jafar Sharif-Emami on 27 August 1978. Later years and death Amouzegar did not return to Iran after leaving in 1978. He lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland and later in Rockville. Amouzegar was also a consultant to the governments of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. He died in Rockville, Maryland in the United States on 27 September 2016 at age of 93. References Sources 'Alí Rizā Awsatí. Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh - Volume 2 (Paktāb Publishing, Tehran, Iran, 2003). . Qajar (Kadjar) Orders and Decorations 1923 births 2016 deaths Politicians from Tehran University of Tehran alumni Cornell University College of Engineering alumni Prime Ministers of Iran Finance ministers of Iran Interior Ministers of Iran Rastakhiz Party Secretaries-General Exiles of the Iranian Revolution in the United States Iranian emigrants to the United States People of the Iranian Revolution Iran Novin Party politicians 20th-century Iranian engineers 20th-century Iranian politicians