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| office2 = [[Vice President of Iran]] <br><small>Head of Atomic Energy Organization</small></br>
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| term_start2 = 16 July 2009
| term_end2 = 23 January 2011
| president2 = [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Gholam Reza Aghazadeh]]
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| successor2 = TBD
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| office = [[Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran]]<small> <br>Acting</br></small>
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====Appointing as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs====
====Appointing as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs====
On 13 December 2010, Ahmadinejad dismisses [[Manouchehr Mottaki]] for unknown reasons and appointed Salehi in an acting capacity.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11984931; Manouchehr Mottaki fired from Iran foreign minister job [[BBC]], 13 December 2010, 02:21 P.M. GMT. Retrieved 2010-12-13 <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Mottaki was the Foreign Minister of Iran since 24 August 2005. He was the only Minister who was not replaced in Ahmadinejad's Cabinet after Ahmadinejad's reelection. Salehi will be Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs until Ahmadinejad nominates a person to [[Parliament of Iran|Parliament]] for this post.
On 13 December 2010, Ahmadinejad dismisses [[Manouchehr Mottaki]] for unknown reasons and appointed Salehi in an acting capacity.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11984931; Manouchehr Mottaki fired from Iran foreign minister job [[BBC]], 13 December 2010, 02:21 P.M. GMT. Retrieved 2010-12-13 <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Mottaki was the Foreign Minister of Iran since 24 August 2005. He was the only Minister who was not replaced in Ahmadinejad's Cabinet after Ahmadinejad's reelection. On 23 January 2011, Ahmadinejad designed Salehi to become Foreign Minister to the [[Parliament of Iran|Parliament]]. Parliament will be voted him in 27 January.


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Revision as of 14:27, 23 January 2011

علی اکبر صالحی
Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi
File:Dr Ali Akbar Salehi.jpg
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
Acting
Assumed office
13 December 2010
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byManouchehr Mottaki
Vice President of Iran
Head of Atomic Energy Organization
In office
16 July 2009 – 23 January 2011
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
DeputyMohammad Saeedi
Preceded byGholam Reza Aghazadeh
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
Born (1949-03-24) March 24, 1949 (age 75)
Karbala, Iraq
NationalityIranian
SpouseZahra Salehi
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Dr. Ali Akbar Salehi (Persian: علی اکبر صالحی, born 24 March 1949[1]) is an Iranian politican, diplomat and academic and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs since 13 December 2010. He is also the Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran since 16 July 2009. He was Iranian Representative in the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1997 to 2005.[2]

Life and career

He was born on 7 July 1949 in Karbala, Iraq when his family was in Iraq for a religious visit. He has a BSc from the American University of Beirut[3] and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he earned in 1977. He was also Associate Professor and Chancellor of the Sharif University of Technology[4] and a member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy.

He was Chancellor of the Sharif University of Technology from 1982 to 1985 and once again in 1989 to 1993.

Diplomatic Missions

Ali Akbar Salehi is an active diplomat in the Foreign Policy of Iran:

Permanent Representative to IAEA

He was appointed as Permanent Representative of Iran to International Atomic Energy Agency by President Mohammad Khatami in 13 March 1997 and was in post until 22 August 2005 for more than eight years. On 18 December 2003, Salehi signed the Additional Protocol to the safeguard agreement, on behalf of Iran. He was replaced by Ali Asghar Soltanieh.

Deputy Secretary-General of OIC

He was also Deputy Secretary-General of Organisation of the Islamic Conference under Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu from 2007 to 2009. He resigned in July 2009 when was appointed as Head of AEAI.

Head of Atomic Energy Agency

On 16 July 2009, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed Salehi as the new head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, replacing Gholam Reza Aghazadeh who resigned on 10 July 2009.

Appointing as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs

On 13 December 2010, Ahmadinejad dismisses Manouchehr Mottaki for unknown reasons and appointed Salehi in an acting capacity.[5] Mottaki was the Foreign Minister of Iran since 24 August 2005. He was the only Minister who was not replaced in Ahmadinejad's Cabinet after Ahmadinejad's reelection. On 23 January 2011, Ahmadinejad designed Salehi to become Foreign Minister to the Parliament. Parliament will be voted him in 27 January.

References

Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Iran
2009-2011
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Head of Atomic Energy Organization
2009-2011
TBD
Preceded by Minister of Foreign Affairs
2010-present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Mohammad Raeesi
Ambassador of Iran to IAEA
1997-2005
Succeeded by
Academic offices
Preceded by
Abbas Anvari
Chancellor of Sharif University
1982-1985
Succeeded by
Abbas Anvari
Preceded by
Abbas Anvari
Chancellor of Sharif University
1989-1993
Succeeded by
Mohammad Etemadi

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