Mohammad Soleimani

Mohammad Soleimani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Assumed office
3 May 2012
Constituency Hamadan
Majority 284,452
Communication and Information Technology Minister
In office
22 August 2005  21 August 2009
President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Preceded by Ahmad Motamedi
Succeeded by Reza Taghipour
Personal details
Born 1954 (age 6162)
Kazerun, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Republic Party
Alma mater Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University
Shiraz University
Religion Islam

Mohammad Soleimani (born 1954) is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Communication and Information Technology (2005-2009). He is also an electrical engineer and a professor at Iran University of Science and Technology. He was born in Kazerun.

Education

Soleimani was born in Kazerun. He received an BSc in 1978 from Shiraz University in Iran and a MSc in 1981 and a PhD in 1983 in high-frequency electronics from Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University.

Signing of the Asia and Pacific Cooperation Organization Convention

Soleimani met with China's Deputy Prime Minister Huang Ju on 27 October 2005, and signed the convention establishing the Asia and Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO). Iran's first satellite Sinah-1 was launched with help from the Government of Russia from Polstesk space base in Murmansk province in northwestern Russia. Ahmad Talebzadeh, Iran's Aerospace Organization head, also attended the meeting.[1]

When he returned to Tehran he told reporters, "By placing Iran's Sina-1 (Z-S.4) in its designated orbit, we have practically joined the group of countries enjoying space technology. It was a big achievement."[2]

World Summit on the Information Society

The 2005 World Summit on the Information Society was held in Tunisia from 16 to 19 November 2005. 12,000 officials from 50 different national governments, the United Nations, and various non-governmental organizations participated. Per Soleimani's wishes, "non-discriminatory access" to information technology was approved.[3]

References

  1. "Iran's CIT Minister confers with Chinese officials". Islamic Republic News Agency. 28 Oct 2006.
  2. "Iran launches first satellite, joint project with Russia". NewsFromRussia.com. 31 Oct 2005.
  3. "CIT minister gives briefing on WSIS outcome". Islamic Republic News Agency. 19 November 2005.

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