Abolhassan Khamoushi Explained

Abolhassan Khamoushi
Office1:Minister of Energy
Term Start1:13 June 1987
Term End1:20 September 1988
Primeminister1:Mir-Hossein Mousavi
President1:Ali Khamenei
Predecessor1:Mohammad-Taghi Banki
Successor1:Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
Birth Name:Seyed Abolhassan Seyed Khamoushi
Relatives:Alinaghi Khamoushi (brother)
Taghi Khamoushi (brother)
Nationality:Iranian
Party:Islamic Coalition Party

Abolhassan Khamoushi (Persian: ابوالحسن خاموشی) is an Iranian conservative politician who served as the caretaker for the ministry of energy in the cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

In December 2001, he was appointed as head of the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), a subordinate to the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company.