Mehdi Jamalinejad

Mehdi Jamalinejad
Governor General of Isfahan
Assumed office
15 October 2024
PresidentMasoud Pezeshkian
Preceded byReza Mortazavi
Mayor of Yazd
In office
26 August 2017 – 26 September 2018
Preceded byMohammad Reza Azimizadeh
Succeeded byMojtaba Farahmand
Mayor of Isfahan
In office
21 June 2015 – 22 August 2017
Preceded byMorteza Saghaeiannejad
Succeeded byGhodratollah Norouzi
Personal details
Born1969 (age 54–55)[1]
Isfahan, Iran
EducationAdab High School[citation needed]
Alma materUniversity of Isfahan[citation needed]
WebsiteOfficial website

Mehdi Jamalinejad (Persian: مهدی جمالی‌نژاد, born 1969) is an Iranian writer and conservative[2] politician who currently serves as the governor general of Isfahan Province since 2024. He was Deputy Minister of Interior in Civil and Development of Urban and Rural Affairs and Head of Municipalities and Village Administrations Organization from September 2018 to October 2024.

He was elected as Mayor of Yazd city from 2017 to 2018. Previously he was served as Mayor of Isfahan from 2015 to 2017, succeeding Morteza Saghaian Nejad, who held the position from 2003 to 2015.[3][4] He was the city's youngest Mayor of Isfahan since 1979, and previously held positions in the city's municipality like Deputy Mayor in Civil affairs. He was also CEO of Malaysia based I.S. GOSTAR M company.[5]

  1. ^ مهدی جمالی‌نژاد کلید‌دار شهر اصفهان شد
  2. ^ "شهردار اصولگرای اصفهان جای خالی فارس در نمایشگاه مطبوعات را پر کرد / به اخبار فارس اعتماد دارم", Fars News Agency (in Persian)
  3. ^ مهدی جمالی نژاد شهردار اصفهان شد
  4. ^ رای موافق برای شهردار اصفهان ثبت شد
  5. ^ "مهدی جمالی‌نژاد". قبس الإخبارية (in Arabic). 12 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.