Mamoun Beheiry

Mamoun Ahmed Abdel Wahab Beheiry (October 1925 – August 2002) was a Sudanese economist, known for his contributions to African and Arab banking establishments.

Following earlier education at Wad Madani primary and intermediate schools, Beheiry attended Brasenose College, University of Oxford between 1946 and 1949 where he an achieved a B.A. (Hons.) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.This made him one of the first African ministers to seek an education in the west.

In 1959, he became the first commissioner of the Bank of Sudan then went on to become the first president of the African Development Bank.

Due to his international reputation, Beheiry also became the first person to be elected Minister of Finance twice.

Following his death in 2002, the Mamoun Beheiry Center for Economical and Social Studies and Researches in Africa was established in Khartoum with the goal of promoting research on economic and social development in Africa.