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  • Ali Khamenei
    Ali Khamenei
    Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i , also known as Ali Khamenei, is an Iranian politician, cleric and the figurehead of the conservative establishment in Iran. He has been the Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 and was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989...

    , Supreme Leader
    Supreme Leader of Iran
    The post of Supreme Leader was created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation, in accordance with the concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists...

  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
    Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the sixth and current President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country.An engineer and teacher from a poor background, Ahmadinejad joined the...

    , President
    President of Iran
    The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in the Islamic Republic of Iran, but is subordinate to the Supreme Leader. According to the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran the president is responsible for the "functions of the executive", such as signing treaties,...

  • Ali Larijani
    Ali Larijani
    Ali Ardashir Larijani is an Iranian philosopher, politician and the chairman/speaker of the Iranian parliament. Larijani was the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from August 15, 2005 to October 20, 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,replacing Hassan...

    , Speaker of Majlis
    Majlis of Iran
    The Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran , also called The Iranian Parliament or People's House, is the national legislative body of Iran...

  • Sadeq Larijani
    Sadeq Larijani
    Sadegh Ardeshir Larijani is an Iraqi-born Iranian hard-line cleric, politician and current head of the judicial system of Iran....

    , Head of the Judiciary Branch
  • Ahmad Jannati
    Ahmad Jannati
    Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah is an Iranian politician, fundamentalist cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ties with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Mesbah Yazdi...

    , Secretary of the Guardian Council
    Guardian Council
    The Guardian Council of the Constitution , also known as the Guardian Council or Council of Guardians, is an appointed and constitutionally-mandated 12-member council that wields considerable power and influence in the Islamic Republic of Iran.The Iranian constitution calls for the council to be...

  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician, writer and former president. Currently he holds the position of Chairman of the Assembly of Experts and Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ' onMouseout='HidePop("58280")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Expediency_Discernment_Council">Expediency Discernment Council
    Expediency Discernment Council
    The Expediency Discernment Council of the System , is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran on 6 February 1988...

     and Chairman of the Assembly of Experts
    Assembly of Experts
    The Assembly of Experts of Iran , is a deliberative body of 86 Mujtahids that is charged with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities....


Vice Presidents

  • Mohammad Reza Rahimi, First Vice President
  • Ali Akbar Salehi
    Ali Akbar Salehi
    Ali Akbar Salehi is an Iranian academic and politician who has served as Iranian Representative in the International Atomic Energy Agency.Salehi has a BSc from the American University of Beirut and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which he earned in 1977...

    , Vice President and Head of National Atomic Energy Organization
  • Mehrdad Bazrpash, Vice President and Head of National Organization for Youth
  • Masoud Zaribafan, Vice President and Head of Foundation for Martyrs and Veterans Affairs
  • Fatemeh Javadi
    Fatemeh Javadi
    Fatemeh Javadi is a conservative Iranian politician and one of current Vice Presidents of Iran. She is the niece of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli.-Education:Javadi holds a doctorate in geology and is currently teaching at the University of Shiraz in southern Iran....

    , Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization
  • Mansour Borghei, Vice President Management and Planning
  • Hamid Baghaei, Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
  • Mohammad Ali-Abadi, Vice President and Head of National Sports Organization
  • Vacant, Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
  • Ali Saeedlou, Executive Vice President

Council of Ministers

  • Sadeq Khalilian, Minister of Agricultural Jihad
  • Mehdi Ghazanfari, Minister of Commerce
  • Reza Taqipour, Minister of Communication and Information Technology
  • Mohammad Abbasi, Minister of Cooperatives
  • Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
  • Ahmad Vahidi
    Ahmad Vahidi
    Ahmad Vahidi is an Iranian politician and former commander of the Revolutionary Guards.His place and date of birth are unknown....

    , Minister of Defense and Logistics
  • Hossein Samsami, Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs
  • Vacant, Minister of Education
  • Vacant, Minister of Energy
  • Manouchehr Mottaki
    Manouchehr Mottaki
    Manouchehr Mottaki is the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs. Whilst technically appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he is considered to be closer to more pragmatic conservative factions and during the 2005 presidential election, he was the campaign manager of Ali Larijani, the...

    , Minister of Foreign Affairs
    Minister of Foreign Affairs (Iran)
    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is an Iranian government ministry. The Minister for Foreign Affairs is the Cabinet member in charge....

  • Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, Minister of Health and Medical Education
  • Abdolreza Sheikholeslami, Minister of Housing and Urban Development
  • Aliakbar Mehrabian
    Aliakbar Mehrabian
    Ali Akbar Mehrabian has been Iran's minister for Industries and Mines since 2005. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has proposed he retain this post in the 2009 cabinet.-Ministerial activities:...

    , Minister of Industries and Mines Supervisor
  • Heyder Moslehi
    Heyder Moslehi
    Hojjatol-Islam Heyder Moslehi Hojjatol-Islam Heyder Moslehi Hojjatol-Islam Heyder Moslehi (born 1967, Isfahan is the head of the Ministry of Intelligence in Iran since 5 August 2009.-Background:Heydar Moslehi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1967.He was a student of Haghani School and received a...

    , Minister of Intelligence
  • Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Minister of Interior
  • Morteza Bakhtiari, Minister of Justice
  • Ali Nikzad, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
  • Masoud Mir Kazemi, Minister of Petroleum Supervision
  • Hamid Behbahani
    Hamid Behbahani
    Hamid Behbahani is an Iranian university professor who is currently serving as Iran's minister of Roads and Transportation. He was born in 1935 in Shiraz, Iran.-Education:...

    , Minister of Roads and Transportation
  • Kamran Daneshjoo
    Kamran Daneshjoo
    Kamran Daneshjoo is an Iranian university professor who is currently serving as Iran's minister of Science, Research, and Technology.-Education:...

    , Minister of Science, Research, and Technology
  • Vacant, Minister of Welfare and Social Security

Other members of cabinet


The officers appointed by President Ahmadinejad are indicated in boldface.
  • Gholamhossein Elham, Government Spokesman
  • Mahmoud Bahmani
    Mahmoud Bahmani
    Mahmoud Bahmani is the current Governor of the Central Bank of Iran.-Career:President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed Bahmani to this position in September 2008 after Ahmadinejad dismissed then-Governor Tahmasb Mazaheri. Mazaheri had only served in his office for about the past year...

    , Governor of Central Bank
  • Nasrin Soltankhah
    Nasrin Soltankhah
    Nasrin Soltankhan is an Iranian politician who presently holds positions in both the local and the executive branch of the Iranian government.-Cabinet position:...

    , Director of Center for Women and Family Participation Affairs

Other


The officers appointed by President Ahmadinejad are indicated in boldface.
  • Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi-Fard, First Deputy Speaker of Majlis
  • Esmail Ahmadi Moghaddam, Commander of Police (niroo-ye entezaami)
  • Hasan Qashqavi, Spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Mohammad Reza Bahonar
    Mohammad Reza Bahonar
    Mohammad-Reza Bahonar is the conservative First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran. He is a representative from Kerman.In previous parliaments, he has been elected as a representative from Kerman and Tehran...

    , Second Deputy Speaker of Majlis
  • Mehdi Chamran
    Mehdi Chamran
    Mehdi Chamran is an Iranian politician and the Chairman of the City Council of Tehran since 2003. He received the most number of votes from the Tehrani electorate in both of the elections he was elected in, in 2002 and 2006....

    , Chairman of the City Council of Tehran
    City Council of Tehran
    The Islamic City Council of Tehran is the elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the Mayor of Tehran, and budgets the Municipality of Tehran. It has fifteen members.-Tehran City Council Elections 2007:...

  • Ali Akbar Soltanieh, Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency
    International Atomic Energy Agency
    The International Atomic Energy Agency is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for military purposes. It was established as an autonomous organization on 29 July 1957...

  • Saeed Jalili
    Saeed Jalili
    Saeed Jalili, 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...

    , Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
    Supreme National Security Council
    Supreme National Security Council is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current secretary of which is Saeed Jalili. This institution was founded during the 1989 revision of the constitution...

  • Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
    Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
    Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is the current Mayor of Tehran, Iran.-Early life and military career:...

    , Mayor of Tehran
    Tehran
    Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Tochal mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia...

  • Ezzatollah Zarghami
    Ezzatollah Zarghami
    Ezzatollah Zarghami has been the head of IRIB, the media corporation in charge of controlling Iranian national radio and television broadcasting, since 2004. His predecessor was Ali Larijani....

    , President of IRIB
  • Mohammad Khazaei, Representative to the United Nations
    United Nations
    The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and the achieving of world peace...


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