Saeed Jalili

سعید جلیلی Saeed Jalili
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2007
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Ali Larijani
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 24 August 2005 – 20 October 2007
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Ahmad Nameni
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Ali Hosseini
Personal details
Born	September 6, 1965 (1965-09-06) Mashhad, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Society of Engineers
Spouse(s)	Zahra Mohajerani
Residence	Tehran, Iran
Religion	Shi'a Islam

Saeed Jalili, (Persian: سعید جلیلی, born 6 September 1965 in Mashhad ) is an Iranian politician and the present secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. On October 20, 2007, he replaced Ali Larijani as the secretary of the council and hence chief nuclear negotiator of Iran. He was previously Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs.

Biography

Born 1965 in Mashhad, Jalili has a Ph.D in political science from Imam Sadeq University, the title of his doctoral thesis was "Paradigm of Political Thought of Islam in the Holy Quran". He worked as a university lecturer before becoming a junior government official in 1989, rising to become Director General for Office of Supreme Leader of Iran in 2001 and Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs and an advisor to the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005. He speaks Persian, English, and Arabic.

Bibliography

• Foreign Policy of Prophet of Islam (Persian: سیاست خارجی پیامبر اسلام)

External links

• [1] REALITE-EU: Iran's Chief Nuclear Negotiator: Saeed Jalili
• Interview with The Boston Globe
• FACTBOX: Iran's new atomic negotiator Saeed Jalili from Reuters

Political offices
Preceded by Ali Larijani	Secretary of Supreme National Security Council 2007-present	Succeeded by Incumbent