Mohsen Qomi Persian: محسن قمی | |
Term Start: | 23 February 1999 |
Majority: | 2,229,759 |
Constituency: | Tehran Province |
Birth Name: | Mohsen Qomi |
Birth Date: | 1960 |
Birth Place: | Pakdasht |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Party: | Islamic Coalition Party Combatant Clergy Association |
Website: | Official website |
Mohsen Qomi (Persian: محسن قمی) is an Iranian cleric, conservative politician and a member of the Assembly of Experts.
Qomi is a cleric and has the title of Hojjatal Islam.[1] He is a member of the board of trustees of the Islamic Coalition Society.[2] In 2016, he joined Combatant Clergy Association.[3]
He has been a member of the Assembly of Experts, representing Tehran.[4] He was also elected to the fourth assembly in 2011, again representing Tehran.[5] [6]
Until his resignation in January 2006 Qomi was the director of the Supreme Leader Khamanei's representative office in the Iranian universities.[7] The same date he was named a member to the high council of cultural revolution and also the council of the representative office in the Iranian universities.[7] He has also been serving as the deputy head of the Supreme Leader's office on international affairs and communications.[8]
In late July 2013, the Mehr news agency reported that he was the only candidate for the intelligence minister at the cabinet of newly-elect president Hassan Rouhani.[1] However, not Qomi but Mahmoud Alavi was nominated for the post on 4 August.[9]