Ali Soufi

Ali Soufi
Minister of Cooperatives
In office
22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byMorteza Haji
Succeeded byMohammad Ardakani
Governor of Gilan Province
In office
8 February 1998 – 11 August 2001
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byAli-Akbar Tahayi
Succeeded byAli Bagheri (acting)
Governor of Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province
In office
1 October 1989 – 12 September 1993
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byAhmad Jami (acting)
Succeeded byAhmad Jami (acting)
Governor of Bushehr Province
In office
19 March 1986 – 1 October 1989
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byMohammad-Reza Majidi (acting)
Succeeded byGholamreza Sahrayian
Personal details
NationalityIranian
Political partyUnion of Islamic Iran People Party
Other political
affiliations		Islamic Iran Participation Front[1]

Ali Soufi (Persian: علی صوفی) is an Iranian reformist politician. He held various offices as governors and ministers for three decades during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.

He is a member of the 'Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking'.[2]

Soufi enrolled to run for parliament in 2008 and 2016 elections but was disqualified by the Guardian Council.[3][4]

  1. ^ Michael Rubin & Ali Alfoneh (13 January 2008), "Iran News Round Up", National Review, retrieved 7 April 2017[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ Marie Donovan; Paul Bucala; Caitlin Shayda Pendleton; Ken Hawrey & Alice Naghshineh (6 April 2016), "Iran News Round Up", Critical Threats Project Iran, retrieved 7 April 2017
  3. ^ "Iran Bans Nearly Third of Candidates from Polls", Middle East Online, 24 January 2008, archived from the original on 30 July 2017, retrieved 7 April 2017
  4. ^ "Ex-cabinet ministers sign up for Majlis polls", Tehran Times, 23 December 2015, retrieved 7 April 2017