Mohammad Reza Rahimi

Mohammad Reza Rahimi
محمدرضا رحيمی
Rahimi in 2013
5th First Vice President of Iran
In office
13 September 2009 – 5 August 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byEsfandiar Rahim Mashaei
Succeeded byEshaq Jahangiri
Vice President of Iran
for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
25 May 2008[1] – 13 September 2009
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byMajid Jafarzadeh
Succeeded byMohammad Reza Mirtajodini (Parliamentary Affairs)
Fatemeh Bodaghi (Legal Affairs)
Head of Supreme Audit Court
In office
1 November 2004[2] – 20 July 2008[3]
Preceded byKazem Mirvalad
Succeeded byAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Governor of Kurdistan Province
In office
17 October 1993 – 14 September 1997
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byHassan Zohree
Succeeded byAbdollah Ramezanzadeh
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1984 – 17 October 1993
ConstituencyQorveh (2nd and 3rd Majlis)
Sanandaj (4th Majlis)
Majority107,666 (39.9%; 4th Majlis)[4]
Personal details
Born (1949-01-11) 11 January 1949 (age 75)[citation needed]
Serishabad, Iran
SpouseLatifeh Erfani (−2015)[5]
ChildrenHoda
Hanieh
Alma materTehran University
ProfessionProsecutor
Awards Order of Service (1st class)[6]
Signature

Mohammad Reza Rahimi (Persian: محمدرضا رحيمی, born on 11 January[citation needed] 1949) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth first vice president from 13 September 2009 until 3 August 2013. His previous posts included governor of the Kurdistan province and vice president for parliamentary affairs.

On 15 February 2015, Rahimi was convicted of corruption and is currently jailed in Evin Prison. He was allegedly head of the "Fatemi Circle".

  1. ^ "با حكم دكتراحمدی نژاد صورت گرفت انتصاب محمد رضا رحیمی به عنوان معاون رییس جمهور در امور حقوقی و مجلس" (in Persian). International Journal of Government Auditing. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ^ "New President of the Supreme Audit Court Appointed". International Journal of Government Auditing. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Administrative Organization, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account of Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran". Central Bank of Iran. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. ^ ختصاصی دولت بهار/ مراسم تشییع و تدفین همسر محمدرضا رحیمی برگزار شد + تصاویر
  6. ^ نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟ (in Persian). Tasnim News Agency. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.