Mahmoud Alavi

Mahmoud Alavi
Alavi in 2016
Special Aide to the President of Iran Head of the Council of Ethnic and Religious Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 November 2024
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Abdolsalam Karimi as Advisor in the Affairs of Ethnic and Religious Minorities
Minister of Intelligence
In office 15 August 2013 – 25 August 2021
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Heydar Moslehi
Succeeded by	Esmaeil Khatib
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 13 June 2009 – 20 May 2024
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	1,706,855 (37.92%)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 1992 – 27 May 2000
Constituency	Lamerd
Majority	45,876 (63%)[1]
In office 17 September 1981[2] – 27 May 1988
Constituency	Larestan
Majority	39,006 (62%)[3]
Personal details
Born	(1954-05-04) 4 May 1954 (age 70) Lamerd, Fars Province, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Resistance Front of Islamic Iran
Children	Mohsen,[4] Monireh
Alma mater	Ferdowsi University
Signature
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Years of service	2000–2009
Commands	Ideological−Political Organization

Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi (Persian: محمود علوی; born 4 May 1954) is an Iranian conservative politician who currently serves as the Special Aide to the President of Iran since 2024. He was formerly minister of intelligence in first and second government of Hassan Rouhani.