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Mehdi Ghazanfari

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Mehdi Ghazanfari
Ghazanfari in 2019
Chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran
Assumed office
13 October 2021
PresidentEbrahim Raisi
Preceded byMorteza Shahidzadeh
Minister of Industry, Mines and Business
In office
3 August 2011 – 15 August 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byHimself (Commerce)
Ali Akbar Mehrabian (Industries and Mines)
Succeeded byMohammadreza Nematzadeh
Minister of Commerce
In office
3 September 2009 – 3 August 2011
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byMasoud Mir Kazemi
Succeeded byHimself (Industries and Business)
Personal details
Born (1960-11-16) November 16, 1960 (age 63)
Lorestan, Iran
Awards Order of Service (2nd class)[1]

Mehdi Ghazanfari (Persian: مهدی غضنفری, born 16 November 1960) is an Iranian politician and the current chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran since October 2021.[2] He was Minister of Industries and Business from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013[3] and Minister of Commerce in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 9 August 2009 to 3 August 2011.[4]

References

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  1. ^ نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟. Tasnim News Agency (in Persian). 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Raisi puts Mehdi Ghazanfari in charge of NDF". Tehran Times. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  3. ^ Ghazanfari was confirmed by Parliament as Minister of Industries and Business
  4. ^ Biography: Mehdi Ghazanfari Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Commerce
2009–2011
Succeeded by
Himself
as Minister of Industries and Business
Preceded by
Himself
as Minister of Commerce
Minister of Industries and Business
2011–2013
Succeeded by
Preceded byas Minister of Industries and Mines