Mehdi Ghazanfari Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1392/06/02/122731/%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%BE%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%86%DA%98%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D9%87-%DA%86%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84. Tasnim News Agency. fa:نشان‌های دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدی‌نژاد به چه‌کسانی رسید؟ . fa. 24 August 2013. 15 April 2016.
  2. Web site: 2021-10-13. Raisi puts Mehdi Ghazanfari in charge of NDF. 2022-01-16. Tehran Times. en.
  3. http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/181150/بررسی-صلاحیت-۴-وزیر-پیشنهادی-دولت-در-مجلس Ghazanfari was confirmed by Parliament as Minister of Industries and Business
  4. http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news-89469.aspx Biography: Mehdi Ghazanfari