Ahmad Masjed-Jamei

Ahmad Masjed-Jamei


Chairman of the City Council of Tehran
In office 3 September 2013 – 3 September 2014
Deputy	Morteza Talaie
Preceded by	Mehdi Chamran
Succeeded by	Mehdi Chamran
Minister of Culture
In office 19 December 2000 – 2 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Ata'ollah Mohajerani
Succeeded by	Hossein Saffar Harandi
Deputy Minister of Culture
In office 22 August 1997 – 19 December 2000
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hassan Sobhani
Succeeded by	Ali Jannati
Member of City Council of Tehran
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2007
Personal details
Born	(1956-06-06) 6 June 1956 Tehran, Iran
Religion	Shi'a Islam

Ahmad Masjed-Jamei is an Iranian reformist politician and academic who was chairman of City Council of Tehran from 3 September 2013 until 3 September 2014. He served as Culture Minister under President Mohammad Khatami from 2000 to 2005. He was elected a Tehran City Councillor in 2006 and was reelected in 2013.

Career

Culture Minister

Jamei became culture minister when Khatami's first minister, Ata'ollah Mohajerani, was forced to resign following criticism by conservatives for "eroding moral standards".^[1] Jamei previously served as deputy culture minister.

As culture minister he promoted freedom of the press, saying it helps to prevent the accumulation of "negative anxieties" in society.^[2] However his efforts were undermined by the judiciary which was controlled by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, which ordered the closure of over 100 newspapers during Jamei's tenure as culture minister ^[3] Jamei protested against the closure of newspapers and arrest of journalists without effect.^[4]

Dialogue among civilizations

Following the election Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President in the Iranian presidential election of 2005, Jamei was appointed managing director of the International Center for Dialogue Among Civilizations, an organization founded by Khatami.^[5]

Election as City Council chairman

After 2013 local election, he was nominated as chairman of City Council of Tehran by Reformists. Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani was also Reformists' nominee for Mayor of Tehran. On 3 September 2013, Masjed-Jamei was elected as chairman by 16 out of 31 votes and succeeded Mehdi Chamran in the post.^[6]

References

↑ Senior reformer quits in Iran, BBC, 14 December 2000.
↑ Iranian Culture minister calls for freedom of press, Payvand, 5 April 2003
↑ Press Freedom Table, Freedom House
↑ Iran minister protests questioning of journalists, Dawn (newspaper), 17 February 2002
↑ Fresh Appeal for Civilizational Dialogue, Iran Daily, 7 January 2006
↑ مسجد جامعی رئیس شورای شهر تهران شد Khabar Online.

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)

Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2000)

Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2000)

Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2000–2005)

Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Ahmad Motamedi (2000–2005)

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2000–2005)

Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)

Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)

Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)

Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)

Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)

Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2000)

Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2000)

Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2000–2005)

Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)

Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)

Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)

Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)

Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)

Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)

Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)

Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)

Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level

First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)

Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)

Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)

Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)

Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)

Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)

Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)

Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)

Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004

Ministers of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran

Nasser Minachi Abbas Douzdouzani Majid Moadikhah Mohammad Khatami Ali Larijani Mostafa Mir-Salim Ata'ollah Mohajerani Ahmad Masjed-Jamei Hossein Saffar Harandi Mohammad Hosseini Ali Jannati

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