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.
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.
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.