Office: | Minister of Labor and Social Affairs |
President: | Mahmoud Ahmedinejad |
Predecessor: | Nasser Khaleghi |
Successor: | Reza Sheykholeslam |
Term Start: | 24 August 2005 |
Term End: | 3 September 2009 |
Predecessor1: | Ali Danesh Monfared |
Successor1: | Gholamreza Sahraeian |
Term Start1: | 1993 |
Term End1: | 1997 |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Branch: | Revolutionary Guards |
Serviceyears: | 1979–1982 |
Mohammad Jahromi (born 1958) is a former Iranian governor and politician who served as minister of labor and social affairs from 2005 to 2009.
Jahromi was born in Tehran in 1958.[1] He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in public administration which he obtained in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He also received a PhD in strategic management in 2005.[1] [2]
Jahromi was the deputy chairman for executive affairs of the Guardian Council.[3] He was also one of the founding members of the IRGC in the provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran in 1979.[3] He acted as an IRGC commander in Noor. In addition, he served as the governor of different provinces, including Zanjan (1982-1984), Lorestan (1984-1989) and Semnan (1984-1999).[1] He was among the members of secretariat of the State Expediency Council.[3]
On 24 August 2005, he became the minister of labor and social affairs in the first cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.[4] He was approved by the Majlis with 197 votes in favor.[5] He was succeeded by Reza Sheykholeslam in August 2009 as minister of labor and social affairs.[6]
Immediately after his removal from office, Jahromi was appointed deputy of the judiciary chief, Sadeq Larijani, in August 2009.[7] Next Jahromi was named chief of the state-run Bank Saderat.[2] He was removed from office following his involvement in a financial scandal.[2]
Jahromi was sanctioned by the European Union on 1 December 2011 due to his presidency at the Saderat Bank, which was also sanctioned by the Union.[8] He was omitted from the sanction list in October 2012.[9]
Jahromi is the son-in-law of Ali Akbar Nategh Noori.[2] [10]