Mehdi Ghazanfari | |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1960 |
Birth Place: | Lorestan, Iran |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran | |
Term Start: | 13 October 2021 |
President: | Ebrahim Raisi |
Predecessor: | Morteza Shahidzadeh |
Title1: | Minister of Industry, Mines and Business |
Term Start1: | 3 August 2011 |
Term End1: | 15 August 2013 |
President1: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor1: | Himself (Commerce) Ali Akbar Mehrabian (Industries and Mines) |
Successor1: | Mohammadreza Nematzadeh |
Title2: | Minister of Commerce |
Term Start2: | 3 September 2009 |
Term End2: | 3 August 2011 |
President2: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor2: | Masoud Mir Kazemi |
Successor2: | Himself (Industries and Business) |
Awards: | Order of Service (2nd class)[1] |
Mehdi Ghazanfari (Persian: مهدی غضنفری, born 16 November 1960) is an Iranian politician and the current chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran since October 2021.[2] He was Minister of Industries and Business from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013[3] and Minister of Commerce in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 9 August 2009 to 3 August 2011.[4]