Ali Kordan | |
|---|---|
| Minister of the Interior of Iran | |
| In office 5 August 2008 – 4 November 2008 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kamran Daneshjoo (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 October 1958 Sari, Iran |
| Died | 22 November 2009 (aged 51) Tehran, Iran |
| Cause of death | Multiple myeloma, swine influenza and intracerebral hemorrhage[1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Revolutionary Guards |
| Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Ali Kordan (23 October 1958 – 22 November 2009) was an Iranian conservative politician who served in the Revolutionary Guards, the judiciary and as deputy oil minister, before becoming interior minister of Iran in 2008 for just 90 days. He was impeached by the Iranian Parliament on 4 November 2008 after a doctorate he claimed to hold turned out to be fraudulent.[2]