Native Name: | Persian: اکبر نیکزاد |
Akbar Nikzad | |
Term Start: | 1 November 2012 |
Term End: | 6 November 2013 |
Predecessor: | Hossein Saberi |
Successor: | Majid Khodabakhsh |
Term Start1: | 8 June 2011 |
Term End1: | 1 November 2012 |
Predecessor1: | Qavvam Nozari |
Successor1: | Hossein Saberi |
Order2: | Mayor of Ardabil |
Term Start2: | 2 July 2007 |
Term End2: | 5 June 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Yaghoub Azizzadeh |
Successor2: | Sodeif Badri |
Birth Date: | 1969 |
Birth Place: | Ardabil, Iran |
Party: | Principlists |
Akbar Nikzad (Persian: اکبر نیکزاد, born 1969 in Ardabil) is an Iranian politician, and the Governor of Ardabil Province and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province from 2011 to 2013 in the Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[1] [2] He was former mayor of Hometown Ardabil. Ali Nikzad his brother was former minister of Ahmadinejad Government. He was also the head of Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution from 2021 to 2023.