Sadegh Mahsouli

Sadegh Mahsouli
Minister of Welfare and Social Security
In office
15 November 2009 – 3 August 2011
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byAbdolreza Mesri
Succeeded byReza Sheykholeslam
(Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare)
Minister of Interior
In office
24 December 2008 – 3 September 2009
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byKamran Daneshjoo (acting)
Succeeded byMostafa Mohammad Najjar
Personal details
Born (1959-04-09) April 9, 1959 (age 65)
Urmia, Iran
Political partyFront of Islamic Revolution Stability[1]
Other political
affiliations
Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude[2]
Alma materIran University of Science and Technology[3]
Military service
AllegianceIran Iran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Commands6th Special Division[3]
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Sadegh Mahsouli (Persian: صادق محصولی, born 9 March 1959) is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post on 19 November 2009 as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second cabinet after a Parliamentary vote. From 24 March 2008 to 9 August 2009, he was Minister of Interior of Ahmadinejad's first cabinet. He was succeeded Ali Kordan who was impeached by Parliament in November 2008.[4]

Mahsouli withdrew his nomination once when the president nominated him for the position of oil minister in 2005 after admitting to Iranian parliament that he was worth $160 million.[3]

In 2011, it was announced that the Ministry of Welfare would be merged with the Ministry of Labour, and Mahsouli would be left cabinet after it.[5]

Mahsouli was in charge of the Ministry of Interior when the alleged vote rigging happened in Iran's presidential election in June 2009.

  1. ^ "Iran: A Political Threat to Rouhani? Introducing the Endurance Front". EA WorldView. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. ^ پایان حیات سیاسی جبهه متحد اصولگرایان
  3. ^ a b c "Ahmadinejad's Security Cabinet". FRONTLINE - Tehran Bureau.
  4. ^ "Sadegh Mahsouli". Topics. Washington Times. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  5. ^ http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/163501/محرابیان،-محصولی-و-میرکاظمی-از-دولت-حذف-شدند/ Archived 2011-05-12 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL]