Masoud Mir Kazemi
Iranian politician
مسعود میرکاظمی
Kazemi in 2021
Head of Plan and Budget Organization
11 August 2021 – 16 April 2023
3 September 2009 – 16 May 2011
24 August 2005 – 3 September 2009
27 May 2012 – 26 May 2016
Tehran, Iran
Tarbiat Modarres University
Revolutionary Guards
Sayyid Masoud Mir Kazemi (Persian: مسعود میرکاظمی; born 1960) is an Iranian conservative politician and the former Vice President of Iran and head of Plan and Budget Organization. He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from Tehran district from 2012 until 2016, and also previously served at two ministerial posts in the cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Early life and education
Kazemi was born in Tehran in 1960.[3][4] He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Iran University of Science and Technology in 1986 and 1989, respectively.[3] He also holds PhD in industrial engineering from Tarbiat Modarres University (1996).[4]
Career
After the 1979 revolution, Kazemi became a member of the revolution committees and then of the IRGC.[3] Then he headed Shahed University. He was Iran's minister of commerce during the first term of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2005 to 2009.[5] Kazemi discussed the possibility of making neighbouring Iraq a major gas export market, citing the destruction of Iraq's energy infrastructure as a result of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[6]
He served as minister of petroleum from 2009 to 2011,[7] replacing Gholam Hossein Nozari after Ahmadinejad was re-elected.[5]
On 14 October 2010, Mir Kazemi was elected as conference president for 2011 OPEC.
On 9 May 2011, it was announced that Mir Kazemi, Sadegh Mahsouli and Ali Akbar Mehrabian would leave the cabinet.[8] He was not participating in cabinet meetings from June 2011 and Mohammad Aliabadi was acting minister in his absence. He announced his candidacy for Parliament of Iran in the 2012 legislative election on 22 December 2011 and was elected as an MP from Tehran.
References
- ^ Matt Smith (16 May 2011). "Ahmadinejad losing ground in Iran power struggle, analysts say". CNN. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
- ^ "A Brief Biography of Iran's New Ministers". Payvand. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ a b c "A Brief Biography of Iran's New Ministers". Payvand. 7 September 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ^ a b "162nd Ordinary Meeting" (PDF). OPEC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ a b "President Nominates Mir-Kazemi to Lead Iran's Oil Ministry". Shana. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 7 September 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ "Iran eyes Iraq for gas export market". Fars News Agency via United Press International. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ "Iran-NDE – Central Intelligence Agency". Central Intelligence Agency. 10 December 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ^ Mehrabian, Mir Kazemi and Mahsouli will leave cabinet Archived 17 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Tabnak
External links
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| Preceded by | Minister of Commerce 2005–2009 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Head of Plan and Budget Organization 2021–2023 | Succeeded by Davoud Manzour |
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| Preceded by | President of Iranian Parliament Commission on Energy 2012–2014 | Succeeded by Ali Marvi |
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