| Ali Nikzad | |
| Birth Place: | Ardabil, Iran |
| Nationality: | Iranian |
| Term Start5: | 26 October 2005 |
| Term End5: | 20 December 2008 |
| Predecessor5: | Javad Negharandeh |
| Successor5: | Mansour Haghighatpour |
| Office: | Member of the Parliament of Iran |
| Constituency: | Ardabil, Nir, Namin and Sareyn |
| Term Start: | 27 May 2020 |
| Title1: | Minister of Roads and Urban Development |
| Term Start1: | 27 June 2011 |
| Term End1: | 15 August 2013 |
| President1: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Predecessor1: | Office established |
| Successor1: | Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi |
| Title2: | Minister of Housing and Urban Development |
| Term Start2: | 3 September 2009 |
| Term End2: | 27 June 2011 |
| President2: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Predecessor2: | Mohammad Saeedikia |
| Successor2: | Himself (Transportation and Housing) |
| Title3: | Minister of Information and Communications Technology Acting |
| Term Start3: | 2 December 2012 |
| Term End3: | 2 February 2013 |
| President3: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Predecessor3: | Reza Taghipour |
| Title4: | Minister of Roads and Transportation Acting |
| Term Start4: | 7 February 2011 |
| Term End4: | 27 June 2011 |
| President4: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Predecessor4: | Hamid Behbahani |
| Successor4: | Himself (Transportation and Housing) |
| Alma Mater: | Iran University of Science and Technology |
| Awards: | Order of Construction (1st class)[1] |
Ali Nikzad (Persian: علی نیکزاد; born 1961) is an Iranian conservative politician and a member of Iranian parliament. He is an academic and a former cabinet minister.[2]
Nikzad was born in 1961.[3] He holds a bachelor's degree in urban development from the University of Elm-va-san'at (Science and Industry).[3] Then he received his master's degree in public management from Industrial Management University.[3] Akbar Nikzad his brother is an Iranian politician and the former Governor of Ardabil Province.
Nikzad was appointed governor of Ardabil Province in 2005.[3] He then was the director of the municipalities organization at the ministry of interior until 2009.[3] He served as the minister of transportation and housing from August 2009 to June 2011. He was also acting minister of roads and transportation from February to June 2011.[4] As minister of housing, he replaced Mohammad Saeedikia after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected.[5]
On 7 February 2011, Nikzad was appointed by Ahmadinejad as acting minister of roads and transportation to succeed former dismissed Minister Hamid Behbahani. Nikzad was appointed minister of infrastructural affairs in May 2011 when the ministry was created, combining the two ministries of housing and urban development and road and transportation.[6] At the end of 2012, he was also appointed acting minister of communications and information technology. President Ahmedinejad proposed him as minister for the post in January 2013. However, he was not approved by the Majlis.[7]
He announced his candidacy for the 2013 presidential election.[8] However, he later declined his candidacy.[9] In June 2013, Nikzad was nominated as a candidate for Tehran mayor.[10] The "Viva Spring" group consisting of Ahmedinejad's allies could not win the local elections that was also held on 14 June 2013 as the presidential election.[11] Therefore, Nikzad's election as Tehran mayor became unlikely.[11] In 2017 election, he was appointed campaign chairman of presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi.[12] [13]