Jafar Towfighi

Jafar Towfighi
October 2014

Minister of Science, Research and Technology
In office 17 August 2013 – 27 October 2013 Acting
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Kamran Daneshjoo
Succeeded by	Reza Farajidana
In office 1 July 2003 – 19 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mostafa Moeen
Succeeded by	Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-19) 19 March 1956 Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Omid Iranian Foundation
Alma mater	Shiraz University Bucharest Polytechnic Institute
Religion	Islam
Website	Official Website

Jafar Towfighi Darian (born 19 March 1956) is an Iranian chemical engineer, academic, politician and senior consultant of ministry of science, research and technology who served as minister of science, research and technology for two terms. First in the cabinet headed by President Mohammad Khatami from 2003 till 2005, and second in 2013 as acting minister.

Early life and education

Towfighi was born in Tehran on 19 March 1956.^[1] He holds a master's degree in chemical engineering, which he received from Shiraz University in 1981. Then he obtained a PhD again in chemical engineering from Bucharest Polytechnic Institute in Romania in 1986.^[1]

Career

Towfighi began his academic career at Tarbiat Modares University in 1987. He served at different positions at the university until 1996 when he was appointed advisor to deputy education minister. In 1997, he was appointed deputy education minister and was in office until 2003. Then he was named as minister of science, research and technology, and his term lasted until 2005.^[2] After working as the dean of the faculty of energy at Sharif University of Technology from 2008 to 2010, he began to work at Tarbiat Modarres University's faculty of engineering as a full professor.^[1] He was Mohammad Reza Aref's campaign manager during the 2013 presidential election.^[3]

On 17 August 2013, he was appointed acting minister of science by Hassan Rouhani following the nominated candidate for the post was rejected by the Majlis on 15 August.^[4]

References

1 2 3 "Curriculum Vitae". Tarbiat Modares University. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
↑ Guha, Pathik (18 October 2004). "Mission successful". The Telegraph (Trieste). Retrieved 22 February 2013.
↑ Mansoureh Farahani (2 September 2013). "Iran’s Universities Minister on Academic Freedom". Asharq Alawsat (London). Retrieved 12 September 2013.
↑ Dareini, Ali Akbar (17 August 2013). "Iran President: Nation Wants Foreign Policy Change". ABC (Tehran). AP. Retrieved 18 August 2013.

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

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

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