Gholam Hossein Elham | |
Birth Place: | Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province, Iran[1] |
Office: | Vice President of Iran for Management and Human Resources Development |
Term Start: | 26 December 2012 |
Term End: | 3 August 2013 |
President: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor: | Ebrahim Azizi |
Successor: | Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (Acting) |
Office1: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start1: | 13 February 2007 |
Term End1: | 3 September 2009 Acting: 28 December 2006 – 13 February 2007 |
President1: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor1: | Jamal Karimi-Rad |
Successor1: | Morteza Bakhtiari |
Office2: | Head of President's Office |
Term Start2: | 10 August 2005 |
Term End2: | 14 February 2007 |
President2: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor2: | Ali Khatami |
Successor2: | Abdolreza Sheykholeslami |
Office3: | Spokesperson of the Government of Iran |
Term Start3: | 11 December 2012 |
Term End3: | 3 August 2013 |
President3: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor3: | Shamseddin Hosseini and Mohammad Reza Rahimi |
Successor3: | Mohammad Bagher Nobakht |
Term Start4: | 6 August 2005 |
Term End4: | 25 August 2009 |
President4: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor4: | Abdollah Ramezanzadeh |
Successor4: | Shamseddin Hosseini and Mohammad Reza Rahimi |
Party: | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability[2] |
Spouse: | Fatemeh Rajabi |
Alma Mater: | Tarbiat Modares University |
Cabinet: | 9th Government 10th Government |
Awards: | Order of Merit and Management (2nd class)[3] |
Gholam-Hossein Elham (fa|غلامحسین الهام, born 1959) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician who held several posts during the term of the former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
Elham was born in western Iran in 1959.[4] He holds a PhD in criminology from Tarbiat Modares University.[4]
Elham was a member of the Guardian Council from 2003 to 2008[4] and also held the post of spokesperson of the council.[5] He served as government spokesperson during the first term of the former President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.
He was appointed minister of justice upon the death of Jamal Karimi-Rad. He was in office until 2009 when Morteza Bakhtiari replaced him in the post.[6] Elham served as Ahmedinejad's representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting's supervisory council.[4]
Elham's spouse, Fatemeh Rajabi, is a journalist known for her support for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and also for her fierce criticism of former-presidents Akbar Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami.[7]