Who Are Rohani’s Designated Ministers

From Monday, the Iranian Majlis will hold special sessions for examining the vote of confidence of ministers proposed by Hassan Rohani.
The list of proposed ministers to parliament was presented by Rohani on the same day he was sworn in as the country’s 7th president.

Here is a brief ministers’ resumé:

Agriculture Jihad
Mahmoud Hojjati

Birth: in Najaf-Abad, Isfahan province, in 1955.
Education: bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology
Experience:
– Minister of Roads and Transport during the first tenure of ex-president Mohammad Khatami
– Minister of Agriculture Jihad during Khatami second presidential term
– Governor general of Sistan-Baluchestan province
– Director of the Karkheh Dam Project

Communications and Information Technology
Mahmoud Vaezi

Birth: in 1952
Education: PhD in International Relations from Warsaw University and MSe in Electronics Engineering from Sacramento State University
Experience:
– Managing Director of Iran Telecommunications Company from 1979-1986
– head of the Foreign Policy Research Department at the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council.
– Foreign Minister Advisor, head of the Economic Relations Headquarters
– Deputy foreign minister for Euro-American and Economic Affairs.

Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare
Ali Rabi’ee
Birth: in 1955 in Tehran
Education: PHD of Strategic Management
Experience:
– Faculty member of Shahid Beheshti University
– Technician at General Motors factory in Tehran
– Khatamiˈs representative at the Ministry of Intelligence in 2001
– Head of executive committee of the Supreme National Security Council under Hassan Rohani from 2002 to 2005

Culture and Islamic Guidance
Ali Jannati
Birth: in 1949
Education: graduate of religious studies from Haghani School in holy city of Qom
Experience:
– Acting head of the Culture and Islamic Communications Organization
– Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for International Affairs
– Ambassador to Kuwait
– Deputy Interior Minister for Political Affairs
– Director of the Channel 1 of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
– Deputy Foreign Minister
– Head of the Cultural and Social Committee at the Supreme National Security Council
– Foreign policy researcher in the Strategic Research Center
– Governor general of Khuzestan Province
– Commander-in-chief of Armed Forces in Khorassan Province

Defense and Armed Forces
Hossein Dehqan

Birth: in 1957
Education: PhD in Management from Tehran University
Experience:
– Deputy minister of defense in the 7th and 8th governments
– Member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) during the Sacred Defense
– Vice-president and Head of the Martyrs and War Veteransˈ Affairs Foundation

Economic Affairs and Finance
Ali Tayebnia

Birth: in 1960
Experience:
– Secretary of the Economic Commission in the cabinet from 1997-2000 and 2005-2007
– Deputy head of the Presidential Office for Planning under Khatami from 2001-2005
– Deputy head of the Economic, Plan and Budget Coordination Affairs Bureau in the Economic Affairs Department of the State Management and Planning Organization.
– Member of the Research Council of the Inspectorate Organization

Education
Mohammad Ali Najafi

Birth: in 1950
Education: Master of Science degree (MS) from MIT University, US.
Experience:
– Member of Tehran city council
– Minister of Higher Education during 1980-1984
– Minister of Education during presidency of Hashemi Rafsanjani
– Head of Planning and Budget Organization during Khatami government

Energy
Hamid Chitchian

Birth: in 1957
Education: MA of Industrial Engineering from Amirkabir University of technology
Experience:
– Member of provincial branch of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province at early ages
– Deputy Energy Minister for Planning and Economic Affairs
– Member of the managerial board of the Iran Power Generation Transmission & Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR)
– Member of Majlis

Foreign Affairs
Mohammad Javad Zarif

Birth: in 1960 in Tehran
Education: Phd in International Law and Policy from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver
Experience:
– Between 1989 and 1992, deputy permanent representative to the United Nations
– Deputy Foreign minister for legal and international affairs from 1992 until 2002
– Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations from 2002 to 2007
– Professor of international law at the Tehran University

Health, Medicare and Medical Education
Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi

Birth: in 1959
Education: ophthalmologist, specializing in cornea surgery
Experience:
– Member of the Graduate Medical Education Council
– Advisor to minister of Health, Medicare and Medical Education from 1997 to 2001
– Chancellor of the Medical Sciences Faculty of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Industries, Mines and Trade
Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh

Birth: in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, in 1945
Education: BS in Environment Protection from Berkley University
Experience:
– Labor Minister in government of former president Mohammad-Ali Rajaie
– Minister of industries under President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
– Deputy of Oil minister for Petrochemical Affairs during government of Khatami
– Deputy Oil Minister for Distribution and Refining Affairs under Ahmadinejad

Intelligence
Mahmoud Alavi

Birth: in 1954 in the city of Lamard in Fars province
Education: seminary studies and PhD of Jurisprudence and Principles of Islamic Rights from Ferdowsi of Mashhad University
Experience:
– member of the Assembly of Experts
– three tems, Majlis member
– deputy of Defense minister

Interior
Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli

Birth: in 1960
Education: PhD of Human Geography from Tarbiat Modaress University
Experience:
– President of Supreme Audit Court from July 2008
– Member of parliament
– Deputy chairman of Iranian National TV and Radio (IRIB)
– Deputy head of economic and international affairs at Interior ministry
– Secretary and deputy head of the Supreme National Security Council in October 2005.
– Deputy of Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in charge of cultural, social and media affairs

Justice
Mostafa Pourmohammadi

His nomination was made upon a proposal by Iranˈs Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani.

Birth: in 1960 in the holy city of Qom
Education: he holds a level four of jurisprudence and Islamic law degree, which is equivalent to a PhD
Experience:
– Prosecutor of the Revolutionary Court from 1979 to 1986
– Deputy Intelligence minister in 1986
– Interior minister of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad until 2008
– Head of Iran’s general inspectorate office

Oil
Bijan Namdar Zangeneh

Birth: in Kermanshah in 1953
Education: MSc in civil engineering from the University of Tehran in 1977
Experience:
– Faculty member of Khajeh Nasireddin Tousi University
– Deputy minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
– One of the founder of the Construction Jihad Organization and immediately after the formation of a ministry with the same name in 1983, he headed the ministry.
– Minister of Energy in the government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Hashemi Rafasanjani and Khatami
– Energy minister in Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjaniˈs cabinet
– Member of the Expediency Council by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in 1996

Roads and Urban Development
Abbas Ahmad Akhondi

Birth: in 1957 in the city of Najaf, Iraq, where his grandfather Grand Ayatollah Allameh Amini resided.
Education: BEng and MSc from University of Tehran in Civil Engineering. PhD from Royal Holloway University in Political Economy
Experience:
– Minister of Housing and Urban Development
– Drafting Iranˈs privatization bill known as Article 44 of the constitution
– Deputy minister of Construction Jihad
– Deputy Interior minister
– Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
– Head of the National Drug Control Headquarters

Science, Research and Technology
Jafar Mili-Monfared

Birth: in 1953
Education: bachelor in electrical engineering from Amir Kabir University of Technology. PhD from Paris VI University
Experience:
– Caretaker of the ministry for a month
– Deputy minister for planning and development of the ministry
– Head of Iran Scientific and Industrial Organization
– Vice chancellor of Amir Kabir University of Technology for research affairs
– Vice chancellor of Amir Kabir University of Technology for educational affairs
– Head of the university’s electrical engineering department

Youth and Sports
Masood Soltanifar

Birth: in 1959
Education: MA in Political Science
Experience:
– Deputy head of the Physical Training Organization
– Member of the High Administrative Council
– member of High Informational Dissemination Council
– Governor general of provinces of Gilan, Zanjan and Markazi