Ahmad Donyamali

Ahmad Donyamali
احمد دنیامالی
Donyamali in 2024
Minister of Sport and Youth
Assumed office
21 August 2024
PresidentMasoud Pezeshkian
Preceded byKioumars Hashemi
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
27 May 2020 – 21 August 2024
Succeeded byHassan Khasteband
ConstituencyBandar-e Anzali
Majority16,735
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
3 September 2013 – 22 August 2017
Majority157,277 (7.01%)
Personal details
Born1960 (age 63–64)
Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
Political partyIndependent
Alma materIslamic Azad University
Military service
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1980–1988
Unit25th Karbala Division
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Ahmad Donyamali (Persian: احمد دنیامالی) is an Iranian politician, who currently is the Minister of Sport and Youth since August 2024. He was represented Bandar-e Anzali constituency in the Parliament of Iran from 2020 to 2024.

He was formerly chairman of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran[1] and president of Canoeing, Rowing & Sailing Federation.[2]

Donyamali, along with fellow councillor Elaheh Rastgou, entered the council endorsed by the reformist list but crossed the floor to vote in favor of the conservative Mehdi Chamran.[3]

  1. ^ "Stevedoring capacity of Iranian ports to total 6.3m TEUs by 2010", Mehr News Agency, 26 September 2005, retrieved 21 August 2017
  2. ^ "Q & A >> Ahmad Donyamali, president of the Iran Canoeing, Rowing & Sailing Federation", China Daily, 26 September 2005, retrieved 17 November 2010
  3. ^ Arash Karami (4 September 2014), "Reformists lose Tehran city council chairmanship", Al-Monitor, retrieved 21 August 2017