Mohammad Shariatmadari

Mohammad Shariatmadari
محمد شریعتمداری
Shariatmadari in 2017
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare
In office
28 October 2018 – 25 August 2021
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byAli Rabiei
Succeeded byHojjatollah Abdolmaleki
Minister of Industry, Mines and Business
In office
20 August 2017 – 20 October 2018
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byMohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Succeeded byReza Rahmani
Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs
In office
24 May 2017[1] – 20 August 2017
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded bySowlat Mortazavi
In office
8 October 2013 – 16 March 2017[1]
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byHamid Baqai
Succeeded byHimself
Minister of Sport and Youth
Acting
In office
28 October 2013 – 17 November 2013
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byReza Salehi Amiri (acting)
Succeeded byMahmoud Goudarzi
Minister of Commerce
In office
20 August 1997 – 24 August 2005
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byYahya Ale Eshaq
Succeeded byMasoud Mir Kazemi
Personal details
Born (1960-06-24) 24 June 1960 (age 64)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyAssociation for Defence of Revolution Values (1996–1999)[2]
SpouseNilofar Lavayi[3]
Children4
RelativesAtaollah Salehi (brother-in-law)[4]
WebsiteOfficial website

Mohammad Shariatmadari (Persian: محمد شریعتمداری; born 24 June 1960) is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare. He was in position of minister of Industry, from 2017 to 2018. He also served as minister of commerce from 1997 to 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami. He was campaign chairman of Hassan Rouhani for 2017 bid.[1]

Shariatmadari is a reformist[5] and regarded a moderate figure within the camp (in contrast to radical reformers), although he shares some views with the conservatives.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "I Returned as the Executive Vice President upon Rouhani's order", Tasnim News Agency (in Persian), 24 May 2017, retrieved 24 May 2017
  2. ^ "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. 30 July 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ بخش هایی از زندگینامه خودنوشت محمد شریعتمداری
  4. ^ تشییع پیکر همسر فرمانده کل ارتش - مشهد
  5. ^ Reza Haghighatnejad (8 August 2017), "Rouhani Announces New Cabinet: Few Reformists, No Women", Iran Wire, retrieved 17 August 2017
  6. ^ Amir Dabiri Mehr (17 April 2013), "Iran's 11th Presidential Election (No. 2): Political Array of Iran Presidential Election", Iran Review, retrieved 17 August 2017