Eshaq Jahangiri

اسحاق جهانگیری Eshaq Jahangiri


First Vice President of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 August 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
Minister of Industries
In office 21 August 1997 – 25 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Gholamreza Shafaei
Succeeded by	Ali Akbar Mehrabian
Governor of Isfahan
In office 1 September 1992 – 20 August 1997
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Vaghefi
Succeeded by	Seyed Jaffar Mousavi
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 1984 – 25 May 1992
Constituency	Jiroft
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-10) 10 January 1957 Sirjan, Iran
Political party	Executives of Construction Party
Alma mater	University of Kerman University of Science and Technology
Religion	Shia Islam
Signature
Website	http://fvpresident.ir

Eshaq Jahangiri Kouhshahi (Persian: ‌اسحاق جهانگیری کوهشاهی‎‎, born 10 January 1957) is an Iranian politician and first vice president of Hassan Rouhani's government. Jahangiri was the minister of industries and mines from 1997 to 2005 under President Mohammad Khatami. Before that, he was governor of Isfahan Province.^[1] He was also a member of Parliament for two terms.

Early life and education

Jahangiri was born on 10 January 1957 in baft, kerman Province. He graduated from University of Kerman with a degree in physics. He was active in revolutionary groups prior to the Iranian Revolution and once was wounded by the forces of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.^[1] He later received his second Ph.D from Iran University of Science and Technology in industrial engineering.

Career

Jahangiri began his political career following the Iranian revolution. He became deputy head of the agriculture department in Kerman in July 1980. Then, he was appointed its head in 1982. He was elected to the Iranian Parliament in 1984 election. He was also reelected in next election. He was appointed governor of Isfahan on 1 September 1992 by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to replace with Gholamhossein Karbaschi. He held the position until 20 August 1997 when he was nominated by Mohammad Khatami as the minister of mines and metals and was confirmed by the Parliament.^[2] His portfolio was later changed to the minister of industries and mines^[3] and he held that position until President Ahmadinejad's cabinet took over in 2005.^[4]

In 2008, it was rumored that Jahangiri would run for a seat in the Parliament but he rejected all.^[5] He was also a potential reformist's candidate in 2013 presidential election but he withdrew in favor of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and then became Rafsanjani's campaign manager. He was co-founder of Executives of Construction Party and served as its secretary general from 2006 to 2010. He was also a member of Mir-Hossein Mousavi's presidential campaign in 2009 presidential election. On 23 July 2013, it was reported that Jahangiri is the next First Vice President and will be appointed by Rouhani after his inauguration.^[6] On 29 July, it was confirmed officially, pending his appointment for the post in the inauguration day.^[7] He was formally appointed on 4 August by Rouhani as his first vice president, replacing Mohammad-Reza Rahimi.^[8]

References

1 2 "Cabinet Members of Iran". The Iranian Trade Association Inc. 2 March 2000. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
↑ Valinejad, Afshin. "Parliament Approves Iran Cabinet". Associated Press. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
↑ "Iranian President Names New Ministers to Parliament". People Daily. 4 January 2001. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
↑ "سرفصل اخبار چهارشنبه 2شهريو1384" (in Iranian). The Presidency of The Islamic Republic of Iran. 2006. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
↑ "Iran Reformers Struggle for Impact in Parliament". Turkish Weekly. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
↑ هشت نفر از اعضای کابینه روحانی نهایی شدند +اسامی Iran Elect
↑ اسامی 33 نفر از اعضای کابینه دولت تدبیر و امید/ تغییرات در فهرست نهایی تا روز تحلیف ادامه دارد Iran Elect
↑ Tabnak News

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Political offices
Preceded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi	Governor of Isfahan 1992–1997	Succeeded by Morteza Bakhtiari
Preceded by Gholamreza Shafaei	Minister of Industries and Mines 1997–2005	Succeeded by Ali Akbar Mehrabian
Preceded by Mohammad-Reza Rahimi	First Vice President of Iran 2013–present	Succeeded by Incumbent

previous ← Candidates in the Iranian presidential election, 2013

Approved candidates	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (campaign) Mohammad Gharazi (campaign) Saeed Jalili (campaign) Hassan Rouhani (campaign) Mohsen Rezaee (campaign) Ali Akbar Velayati (campaign)

Withdrew	Mohammad Reza Aref (campaign) Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (campaign) Eshaq Jahangiri Masoud Pezeshkian Ali Akbar Javanfekr Mohammad Reza Rahimi Mohammad Shariatmadari Kamran Bagheri Lankarani Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard Ramin Mehmanparast

Reject candidates	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (campaign) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei Manouchehr Mottaki Hassan Sobhani Mohammad Saeedikia Ebrahim Asgharzadeh Hooshang Amirahmadi Mostafa Kavakebian

See also	Polls Debates Local elections Inaguration

First Vice Presidents of Iran

Hassan Habibi (1989–2001) Mohammad-Reza Aref (2001–2005) Parviz Davoodi (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009) Mohammad Reza Rahimi (2009–2013) Eshaq Jahangiri (2013–present)

Cabinet of President Hassan Rouhani (since 2013)

Cabinet

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Javad Zarif (2013–present)

Minister of Agriculture	Mahmoud Hojjati (2013–present)

Minister of Communications and IT	Mahmoud Vaezi (2013–present)

Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare	Ali Rabei (2013–present)

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Ali Jannati (2013–present)

Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Hossein Dehghan (2013–present)

Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Ali Tayebnia (2013–present)

Minister of Education	Ali Asghar Fani (2013–present)

Minister of Energy	Hamid Chitchian (2013–present)

Minister of Health and Medical Education	Hassan Hashemi (2013–present)

Minister of Industries, Mones and Business	Mohammadreza Nematzadeh (2013–present)

Minister of Intelligence	Mahmoud Alavi (2013–present)

Minister of Interior	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–present)

Minister of Justice	Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2013–present)

Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (2013–present)

Minister of Transportation and Housing	Abbas Ahmad Akhondi (2013–present)

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports	Reza Salehi Amiri* (2013) Mohammad Shariatmadari* (2013) Mahmoud Goudarzi (2013–present)

Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Jafar Towfighi* (2013) Reza Farajidana (2013–2014) Mohammad-Ali Najafi* (2014) Mohammad Farhadi (2014-present)

Cabinet-level

First Vice President	Eshaq Jahangiri (2013–present)

Chief of Staff	Mohammad Nahavandian (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Ali Akbar Salehi (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (2013–2014) Masoud Soltanifar (2014–present)

Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation	Sorena Sattari (2013–present)

Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs	Majid Ansari (2013–present)

Vice President for Women and Family Affairs	Shahindokht Molaverdi (2013–present)

Vice President for Legal Affairs	Elham Aminzadeh (2013–present)

Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (2013–present)

Vice President for Executive Affairs	Mohammad Shariatmadari (2013–present)

* Acting

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

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