Ali Saeedlou Explained

Ali Saeedlou
Order:Vice President of Iran
for International Affairs
Term Start:9 August 2011
Term End:3 August 2013
President:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Order1:Vice President of Iran
Head of Physical Education Organization
Term Start1:25 August 2009
Term End1:3 August 2011
President1:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Predecessor1:Mohammad Aliabadi
Order2:Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran
President2:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Term Start2:10 September 2005
Term End2:19 September 2009
Predecessor2:Mohammad Reza Aref
Successor2:Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
Order3:Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs
President3:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Term Start3:10 September 2005
Term End3:25 August 2009
Predecessor3:Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Successor3:Hamid Baghaei
Order4:Acting Mayor of Tehran
Term Start4:28 June 2005
Term End4:14 September 2005
Predecessor4:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Successor4:Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Birth Date:10 October 1952
Alma Mater:Tabriz University

Ali Saeedlou (Persian: علی سعیدلو) (born 10 October 1952 in Tabriz) is an Iranian politician who was the Head of Physical Education Organization from 2009 to 2011.[1] Before that, he was Deputy Mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005 under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and had served as his interim successor until the election of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf as new mayor.

Early life

He was born on 10 October 1952 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province. He graduated in 1975 from Tabriz University and then he moved to United States but returned to his hometown in 1980.

Political career

His first political career started in 1982, when he was appointed as a financial deputy at Ministry of Commerce. He was chosen as Deputy Minister of Commerce two years later and later as Deputy Minister of Cooperatives. In 1990, he was appointed as head of Iranian Department of Defence which he held most of his political years there, serves as its head until 2002. After 2003 local elections which led to victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Mayor of Tehran, Saeedlou was elected as his deputy. Ahmadinejad later was elected as President and Saeedlou serves as Acting Mayor of Tehran from 3 August to 17 September 2005. He was proposed as Minister-designated of Petroleum by Ahmadinejad in 2005, but he was not confirmed by Parliament of Iran. In August 2009, Saeedlou was appointed by Ahmadinejad as head of the Physical Education Organization, a post he held until August 2011.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saeedlou are new head of Physical Organization . 2013-05-18 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055445/http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8806031605 . dead .