IRAN
Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran /
Islamic Republic of Iran
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NEW GOVERNMENT SINCE APRIL
04 2001
The government is formed by the
MSA and Islah.
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Mohammad Khatami -
President
Born :
1943 in Ardakan, central
province of Yazd to a religious family
Education/Profession :
Student, attending Qom Theology school
in 1961, BA in philosophy from Isfahen University. Post
graduate studies in educational sciences at Tehran
University 1970, later returning to Qom for courses in
Ijtihad, practice of religious leadership.
Political career :
Involved in anti-Shah campaign
under Iman Khoeini. Organized religious and political
debates. Chaired Islamic Centre of Hamburg in Germany before
1979 revolution. 1982, he was appointed minister of culture
and Islamic guidance under Mirhossein Mousavi. During
Iran-Iraqi war swerved as joint commander of armed serves
and chairmen of war propaganda headquarters. Repainted
minister of culture and Islamic guidance in 1989-1992. 1992,
appointed cultural advisor to President Rafsanjani. Elected
as fifth president of the Islamic Revolution in May 1997,
gaining almost 70% of votes cast. Reelect in
2001.
Obs :
Khatami is considered by west
as most liberal of Iranian leaders. He enjoys support from
younger voters and women. He has a liberal vision of a new
Iran which is seeming conflict with Iran spiritual leader,
Ali Khamenei.
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Hasan Ebrahim Habibi -
Vice President and Head of President
Staff
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Mohammoud Hijjati -
Minister of Agricultural
Jihad
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Mohamma Shariatmadari -
Minister of Commerce
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Morteza Haji -
Minister of Cooperatives
Born : in 1948 in Tehran
Education/Profession : Prior
to embarking on a teaching career in city of Babol in
Mazandaran province, attended the Teachers Training
University in Tehran and received a B.S degree in
mathematics.
Political career : While a
student, founded the West Tehran association of followers of
Islam before being arrested by 'Savak', the toppled Shah's
secret police, for his membership of the 'Party of the
Islamic Nations'. Haji played an active role in the 1979
Revolution by joining the resistance groups in the northern
province of Mazandaran. He was appointed as the head of
Babol city council and deputy chief of the Islamic
Revolution Guard Corps before becoming Mazandaran province
governor general for six years. He was then appointed deputy
minister of culture and Islamic guidance for pilgrimage and
tourism affairs and later deputy commerce minister. Since
1995 he has been the managing director and deputy managing
editor of the morning daily 'Hamshahri'. He was endorsed as
minister of cooperatives with 182 parliamentary votes out of
a total of 26o.
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Mostafa Moin -
Minister of Culture and Higher
Education
Born : in 1951 in Najafabad,
Isfahan Province.
Education/Profession : In
1976 he obtained his M.D. in Medicine from Shiraz University
and later in 1979, specialized in Pediatrics and finally in
1996 he completed his postdoctoral studies in Allergy and
Immunology. He has served as the Chancellor of Shiraz
University and was an MP for Shiraz in the first term of the
Majlis .
Political career : Since
1983 he has been a member of the Supreme Council of Cultural
Revolution.In 1988 - 1989 he was an MP for Tehran in the
third term of the Majlis and later became Minister of
Culture and Higher Education (1989-93). In 1997 he was
elected MP for Isfahan in the fifth term of the Majlis.He is
married with three children. He was endorsed as Minister of
Culture and Higher Education with 211 parliamentary votes
out of a total of 26o.
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Ahmad Masjed Jamei -
Minister of Islamic Culture and
Guidance
Born : in Mashad in 1956
Education/Profession :
Graduate in human geography of the Tehran University.
Other posts held by Mr. Jamei include presidential advisor
for youths affairs, head of the social research section of
the preparation of school texts services of the ministry of
education (1981), head of the youths section of the high
council of the cultural revolution of the IRI (1985), member
of the UNESCO national committee, member of the HQ for
celebration of Imam Ali (A) year and member of the board of
trustees of the ministry's culture and arts research center.
Mr. Jamey has also served at various editorial posts in a
number of magazines and publications in the IRI.
Political career : Before he
assumed the post of the minister of the Islamic culture and
guidance, he was the senior deputy minister and also deputy
minister in charge of cultural and research department of
the same ministry. Previously, he had been a deputy minister
since 1990, director general for projects and plans, deputy
director of the Amir Kabir publication house, head of the
cultural and social research section of the interior
ministry, head of the research section of the ministry of
education as early as 1981 specialist head of the research
and cultural studies of the ministry of education in
1979.
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Ali Shamkhani -
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces
Logistics
Born : in Ahvaz,
southwestern Iran, in 1955
Education/Profession : He
holds a B.S. degree in agricultural engineering from the
university of Ahvaz, an M.S. degree in military studies and
an M.A in state management from the university of state
management organization. Shamkhani currently serves as the
commander of the naval forces of the army, the Islamic
Revolution's guard corps (I.R.G.C), as well as commander of
Khatam Ul-Anbia Naval headquarters in the Persian Gulf.
Fighting the counterrevolutionary forces in Khuzestan,
Kurdestan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Gilan, and Mazandaran has
been among Shamkhani's many undertakings after the victory
of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. He also held various
military posts during the Iraq-Imposed War, including the
commander of the IRGC forces in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, acting
commander of IRGC, commander of IRGC ground forces, deputy
chief of armed forces H.Q. for information and operations,
IRGC minister and official in charge of the implementation
of theU.N.
Political career : He ran as
an independent in June 8 presidential elections. Introduced
by Khatami as Defense Minister in 1997, after heading the
elite Islamic Revolution Guards Corps and the navy.
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Tahmaseb Mazaheri -
Minister of Economy and
Finance
Born : in Tehran in 1953
Education/Profession : A
former Central Bank of Iran governor and the head of the
wealthy Disabled and Needy Foundation.
Political career : He
replaced Hossein Namazi, a hard-liner who was constantly at
odds with the Central Bank of Iran over interest rates.
Obs : Mazaheri is known as a
reformist committed to the goals of a market economy.
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Hossein Mozafar -
Minister of Education
Born : in Tehran in 1952
Education/Profession :
Received his B.A. in Islamic jurisprudence and fundamentals
of Islamic law and an M.A. in management. He served as a
high school teacher for 26 years and is currently deputy
head of cooperatives of 'Shahid' (martyrs) Foundation and
serves as its liaison officer with Majlis.
Political career : Following
the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Mozafar was
appointed as the head of Varamin education office and later
took over the education offices of districts 6, 7 and 16 of
city of Tehran. He became director general of the Tehran
province education office in 1982. In 1986, he was given the
post of director general of the inspection and evaluation
department of the ministry of education. He was approved as
minister of education with 145 parliamentary votes of a
total of 261.
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Habibollah Bitaraf -
Minister of Energy
Born : in the central
Iranian city of Yazd in 1956
Education/Profession :
Received his high school diploma in Yazd and
then entered Tehran university where he earned an M.S.. in
civil engineering.
Political career : Political
activist before the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution,
took up an administrative post in the construction Jihad
organization following the establishment of the Islamic
Republic. After serving as the governor general of Yazd
province for 4 years, took up the post of deputy energy
minister for training during 1990-1994. He also taught at
several universities in Tehran during the same period. While
at the Ministry of Energy, Bitaraf was in charge of several
dam construction and Karoun 3 and 4 power plant projects.
Bitaraf is married and has three children. He was endorsed
as Minister of Energy with 202 parliamentary votes of a
total of 258.
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Kamal Kharrazi -
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Born : in Tehran in 1944
Education/Profession : B.A.
degree in Persian language and literature from Tehran
university in 1969.Two years later, he obtained his M.A. in
education from the same university.He holds the doctorate
degree in the same subject from Houston University,USA. He
was gmanaging director of Islamic Republic News Agency,
(IRNA) from 1980 to1989.
Political career : During
1972-79, he was an active member of Muslim students
association in USA and Canada as well as the
Islamic.Research Institute in London.During 1978-80, he
served at different capacities including deputy head for
planning of Islamic Republic of Iran gBroadcasting
(I.R.I.B), deputy foreign minister for political affairs and
managing director of the center for intellectual development
of children and young adults. From 1980 to the end of the
8-year Iraqi Imposed War,Kharrazi served as a member of
Supreme Defence Council as well as head of the War
Propaganda Headquarters. He has served as Iran's permanent
representative and gambassador to the U.N. since 1989. He
was endorsed as minister of foreign affairs with 241
parliamentary votes out of a total of 266.
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Mohammad Farhadi -
Minister of Health
Born : in Shahroud (Semnan
Province) in 1949
Education/Profession : He
started his higher education in the field of medicine at
Mashhad university in 1968. Received his doctorate in the
field of medicine from the university in 1975 and
specialized in Othorhinolaryngology at the same university
in 1980 He completed his post-graduate studies in laser
operation, endoscopic surgeries and cochlea transplantation
both inside and outside the country. Since 1982, has assumed
several posts such as acting head of the Red Crescent
Society (Rcs), secretary of Iran's Medical Education
Council, culture and higher education minister, chancellor
of Tehran university and head of Iranian institute for
promotion of science and research He also cooperated with
the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution in drawing up the
curriculum for specialized and post-specialized medical
training courses, identifying and attracting committed
medical experts to Iranian universities. He is currently a
professor at Mashhad university, director and a member of
the medical disciplinary panel, secretary of the board of
trustees of 'Shahed' university, member of the central board
of directors of the health ministry and a member of Iran's
medical training council.
Political career : He was
endorsed as minister of health with 216 parliamentary votes
out of a total of 266.
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Ali Abdolalizadeh -
Minister of Housing and Urban
Development
Born : in Orumiyeh, capital
of west Azarbaijan province in 1954
Received his B.S in civil engineering from Tabriz
university and his M.A in state management in 1995. He is
currently working on his Ph.D.thesis in state
management.
He served as deputy mayor of Orumiyeh and deputy governor
general of East Azarbaijan until 1984 Abdolalizadeh then
served as Majlis deputy representing Orumiyeh during the
second and third terms of the Majlis (1984-1992). He was a
member of the plan and budget commission of the Majlis
during both terms, and the commission reporter in the third
Majlis Abdolalizadeh has been governor general of East
Azarbaijan province since 1992 Abdolalizadeh was chosen by
president Mohammad Khatami as the housing and urban
development minister. He was endorsed as minister of housing
with 172 parliamentary votes out of a total of 263.
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Ali Yunesi -
Minister of Intelligence and
Security
Born : in Nahavand, western
Iran, in 1955
Political career : Appointed
Intelligence Minister in 1999. Before his ministerial post,
Yunesi was the head of Judicial Organization of the Armed
Forces.
Obs : Is considered a
centrist who enjoys the trust of Khamenei, but has publicly
committed himself to Khatami's reform program.
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Abdolwahed Mousavi Lari
- Minister of
Interior
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Mohammad Esmail Shoshtari -
Minister of Justice
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Hossein Kamali -
Minister of Labor and Social
Affairs
Born : in Doroud, Lorestan
province, in 1953
Education/Profession :
Received his technical and vocational training in his
hometown and then attended Tehran university where he
received an M.A. in political science.
Political career : While
university student, Kamali became involved with the center
for Islamic publication and research and `The Dawn of Islam'
organization where he began his political activities against
the toppled Shah's regime. He was an advocate of workers'
rights and welfare.With the triumph of the 1979 Islamic
Revolution, Kamali was appointed the head of the
revolutionary council in charge of labor affairs. He was
responsible for the 'Muslim Workers' weekly, the first
publication of its kind in 1980. He was elected to the first
Islamic consultative assembly as Tehran's representative
where he also served as the spokesman for Majlis labor
commission. Later in the third Majlis he became the chairman
of the labor commission. He served as the minister of labor
during the first term of ex-president Akbar Hashemi
Rafsanjani. He was endorsed as minister of labor with 222
parliamentary votes out of a total of 265.
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Eshaq Jahangiri -
Minister of Industries and
Mines
Born : in the city of Sirjan, in southeastern province of
Kerman in 1957.
Education/Profession : He
holds an M.S. in industrial management from Sharif
Industrial university. He is at present a Ph.D student at
Stafford university (England) in the field of Planing.
Political career : Prior to
the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, was an active
member of political and revolutionary groups. He was shot
and wounded in an encounter with the forces of the toppled
Shah. After the Islamic Revolution, he became head of Jiroft
Construction Jihad organization for two years as well as a
member of Construction Jihad council of Kerman province.
Jahangiri represented Jiroft constituency in the second and
third terms of the Majlis, and has been governor general of
the central province of Isfahan since 1992. He was endorsed
as minister of mines and metals with 182 parliamentary votes
of a total of 26o.
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Bijan Namdar Zanganeh -
Minister of Oil
Born : in Kermanshah,
western Iran, in 1952
Education/Profession :
Master's degree in civil engineering from Tehran
University.
Political career : He was
appointed Energy Minister in 1988 and was credited with
rapidly rebuilding dams and power plants damaged in the
1980-88 war with Iraq. He has transformed Iran's oil
ministry, signing major deals with international petroleum
giants to develop Iran's oil and gas fields under
controversial buyback deals.
Obs : Politically, he is
believed to be a reformist, though he is a member of the
powerful Expediency Council, hand-picked by Khamenei.
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Seyed Ahmad Motamedi -
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone
Born : in Tehran in 1953
Education/Profession :
Graduated from the Amir Kabir Technical College in
electronic engineering in 1979. He has also taken the
doctoral course in systems information at Pierre and Marie
Curie University in France. Also been involved in technical
and civilian activities including the formation of the
organization of the scientific and industrial research of
Iran set up by the ministry of post, telegraph and
telephone, head of the information section of the IRI
scientific researches council, membership of the teaching
staff of the Amir Kabir Technical College, winner of the
Khwarazmi science festival awards, author of three books and
many articles. He has been engaged in the implementation of
a number of telecommunication and communication projects
sponsored by the ministry.
Political career : Before
his appointment to the present post, which he holds with the
endorsement of the Majlis (202 votes for, out of total of
255 votes cast), he served as a deputy minister of sciences
in charge of research and technology (since 1986), secretary
of the IRI scientific research council, and a deputy r of
the ministry of sciences, research and technology. His
social, political and scientific achievements include :
activity in students' movements before the Islamic
revolution, arrest in 1976 and 15 months in Evin prison,
head of the war research unit of the ministry of science,
representative of the ministry at the war HQ.
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Rhaman Dademan -
Minister of Roads and
Transport
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Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Vice President - Executive
Affairs
Born : 1942
Education/Profession : M.A
in economics. Director of Islamic Republic of Iran
Broadcasting ( IRIB) for ten years
Political career : Deputy
agriculture minister for administration and financial
affairs, political deputy of prime minister, deputy minister
of foreign affairs. Vice President -
Executive Affairs
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Masoomeh Ebtekar - Vice
President - Environmental Protection
Born : in 1960 in Tehran
Education/Profession : She
began her higher education in the field of laboratory
science at the martyr Beheshti University in 1982 and
received her B.S in 1985. She received her Ph.D. in
Immunology from Tarbiat Modarres University in 1995. She is
also university professor. She has served on the editorial
board of Keyhan International, an Iranian newspaper, and as
the acting head of the central committee of Iran's
non-governmental women's organizations (NGO's). She
represented Iran at the World Women's Conferences in Nairobi
and Beijing. She is fluent in English and French. Mrs.
Ebtekar spent first years of her education in the United
States.
Political career : Vice
President - Environmental Protection
Obs : Massoomeh Ebtekar,
Iran's first woman vice President
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Gholam Reza Aqazade -
Vice President - Atomic
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Mostafa Hashemi Taba -
Vice President - Physical
Training
Born : 1947
Education/Profession :
Master's degree in textile engineering from Tehran
Polytechnic University. advisor at the Plan and Budget
Organization; director of the Qazvin Textile Manufacturing
Company; director of the Exports Promotion Center of Iran,
responsible for Tehran international trade fairs.
Political career :
Vice President Physical
Training
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Mohammad Ali Sadouqi
- Vice President - Legal and
Parliamentary Affairs
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Mohammad-Reza Aref -
Vice President - Management and
Planning Organization
Born : in 1941 in Yazd
Education/Profession : He
spent his adolescent years in Yazd and in 1959 won the first
prize in the national maths competition. A year later, in
1960, he entered Tehran university where he received a B.S
degree in electrical engineering. A scholarship granted by
Isfahan's technical university enabled him to start his
post-graduate studies in U.S. In 1966 he received his M.S.
degree in telecommunications and later in 1970 he completed
the Ph.D program at Stanforduniversity.
Political career :
Throughout his student days he was politically active
and supported the movement started by late Imam Khomeini
until he was arrested by 'Savak' (the Shah's secret police)
in 1963. During his stay in U.S. he was a member of the
Muslim students organization and was head of the same
organization for a period of one year Before the victory of
the 1979 revolution, Aref accompanied late Imam Khomeini to
Paris Since the victory of the Islamic revolution, Aref has
held a variety of government posts including deputy minister
of telecommunications, deputy minister of culture and higher
education in charge of students' affairs (1981-1982) and
advisor to minister of culture and higher education. Aref
was head of Tehran university from November 1984 till 1988.
He was endorsed by the parliament as minister of post,
telegraph and telephone (PTT) with 246 parliamentary votes
out of a total 263.
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