Safdar Hosseini is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian politician. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance Affairs of Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 in cabinet of the President Mohammad Khatami

Mohammad Khatami

Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...

, replaced by Davoud Danesh-Jafari

Davoud Danesh-Jafari

-Biography:Born in 1954 in Tehran, Danesh-Jafari graduated with Bachelor's Degree from the Kashmir University, India in Civil Engineering. He is an alumnus of National Institute of Technology Srinagar in Srinagar, India....

 on August 24, 2005 in the cabinet of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Before that, he was the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs.

Hosseini is a member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front

Islamic Iran Participation Front

The Islamic Iran Participation Front is a reformist political party in Iran...

. He also is a university professor, and a member of the faculty of Tehran University.

External links

• Biography of Safdar Hosseini on Iranian President's website