Mohammad Shariatmadari

Mohammad Shariatmadari
Shariatmadari in 2016

Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 October 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Hamid Baqai
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Acting
In office 28 October 2013 – 17 November 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Reza Salehi Amiri
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Goudarzi
Minister of Commerce
In office 25 August 1997 – 24 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Yahya Ale Eshaq
Succeeded by	Masoud Mir Kazemi
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-24) 24 July 1960 Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Residence	Tehran
Alma mater	Kerman University
Religion	Islam
Website	Official website

Mohammad Shariatmadari (born 24 June 1960) is an Iranian politician who has been serving as vice president for executive affairs since 8 October 2013. He also served as minister of commerce from 1997 to 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami.

Early life and education

Shariatmadari was born in Tehran on 24 June 1960.^[1] He attended the University of Kerman and graduated with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.^[1]

Career and political activities

Shariatmadari became a member of Central Revolutionary Committee following the 1979 revolution. He is among the founders of Iran’s intelligence ministry and served as deputy intelligence minister.^[2] He was one of the supporters of Ayatollah Mohammad Reyshahri in the presidential election in 1997.^[1] Reyshahri lost the election and Mohammad Khatami became the president.

He was the minister of commerce from 1997 to 2005 in the cabinet headed by President Khatami.^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2006, he was appointed to then newly founded the Strategic Council for Foreign Relation as a member.^[6] He is also a foreign policy advisor to Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.^[1]^[7]

On 8 October 2013, President Hassan Rouhani appointed Shariatmadari as vice president for executive affairs.^[8] He was also appointed as acting Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports on 28 October 2013 after Rouhani's nominee for the post was rejected by the Parliament.^[9]

Candidacy for 2013 election

In August 2012, the Society for Defending the Values of the Islamic Revolution announced that Shariatmadari was its candidate for the presidential election to be held in June 2013.^[3] He also confirmed it in January 2013.^[10] He was among independent and technocrat candidates.^[11]^[12] On the other hand, he was also regarded as one of the reformist candidates.^[13] He announced in April 2013 that he would withdraw his candidacy if Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri, Mohammad Khatami or Hassan Khomeini run for the election.^[7] In May 2013, Shariatmadari withdrew his candidacy in favor of Rafsanjani.^[14]^[15]

References

1 2 3 4 "Mohammad Shariatmadari". Election Watch. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
↑ "Khatami's Record: Year 1". Iran-e-Azad. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
1 2 "Ex-trade minister will be our candidate for president: society". Tehran Times. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
↑ "Iranian ex-commerce minister says mulling presidential candidacy". BBC. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
↑ "New Govt.". APS Diplomat Recorder. 18 August 2001. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
↑ Mozaffari, Mehdi (April 2009). "Iranian Ideological Foreign Policy" (PDF). Centre for Studies in Islamism and Radicalisation. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
1 2 "My presidential plans are within framework of Islamic system: Shariatmadari". Tehran Times (Tehran). 8 April 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
↑ "Rohani appoints Shariatmadari as vice-president for executive affairs". Iran English Radio. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
↑ شریعتمداری سرپرست وزارت ورزش شد
↑ "Shariatmadari names presidential campaign spokesman". Tehran Times. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
↑ Nada, Garrett (11 April 2013). "Latest on the Race: Rival Conservative Coalitions". The Iran Premier. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
↑ Al Labbad, Mustafa (May 2013). "The Favorites in Iran’s Election". As Safir. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
↑ "Iran Election Watch 2013: Twenty four presidential candidates emerge". The International. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
↑ "Other reformist hopeful withdraws candidacy in favor of Rafsanjani". Iranian Labour News Agency. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
↑ Jafarov, Temkin (18 May 2013). "Who step ahead in presidential elections in Iran?". Today. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

External links

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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

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

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