Mohammad Hossein Adeli

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli
Secretary-General of Gas Exporting Countries Forum
In office
1 January 2014 – 12 January 2018
Preceded byLeonid Bokhanovsky
Succeeded byYury Sentyurin
Ambassador of Iran to the United Kingdom
In office
2004–2005
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byMorteza Sarmadi
Succeeded byRasoul Movahedian
Ambassador of Iran to Canada
In office
1995–1999
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Preceded byHamid Moulayi
Succeeded byAli Ahmadi
Ambassador of Iran to Japan
In office
1987–1989
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byAbdolrahim Gavahi
Succeeded byHossein Kazempour Ardabili
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran
In office
1989–1994
Appointed byAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byMajid Ghassemi
Succeeded byMohsen Nourbakhsh
Personal details
Born (1953-02-16) February 16, 1953 (age 71)
Ahvaz, Iran
Political partyExecutives of Construction Party
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Jamia Millia Islamia
California Coast University

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli (Persian: سید محمدحسین عادلی, born in 1953 in Ahvaz) is an Iranian politician, diplomat, economist and academic. He was the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum from 2014 until 2018.[1] He is the founder of Ravand Institute. He was the chairman of Iran's first Investment Bank Amin Investment Bank until 2011. In May 2014, he received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan, Akihito, the highest Order given to any Iranian National for his important role in the Iran–Japan relations.[2]

  1. ^ "Iran's Adeli Reappointed as GECF Secretary General". www.tasnimnews.com. 22 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Press Release Cultural, Information Center, Embassy of Japan in Iran" (PDF). ir.emb-japan.go.jp (Press release).