Rostam Ghasemi Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sardar
Rostam Ghasemi
Birth Date:5 May 1964
Birth Place:Sargah, Mohr County, Fars province, Iran
Death Place:Beijing, China
Allegiance:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Branch:
Serviceyears:1979–2011; 2013–2020
Rank:Brigadier general
Commands:Khatam-al Anbiya Headquarter
Awards: Order of Service (2nd class)
Alma Mater:Power and Water University of Technology
Spouse:[1] [2]
Children:4
Office1:4th Minister of Roads and Urban Development
Term Start1:25 August 2021
Term End1:22 November 2022
Predecessor1:Mohammad Eslami
Successor1:Shahriar Afandizadeh (Acting)
Mehrdad Bazrpash
President1:Ebrahim Raisi
Office2:Minister of Petroleum
Term Start2:3 August 2011
Term End2:15 August 2013
Predecessor2:Masoud Mir Kazemi
Successor2:Bijan Namdar Zangeneh
President2:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Native Name Lang:fa

Rostam Ghasemi (Persian: رستم قاسمی; 5 May 1964 – 8 December 2022) was an Iranian military officer and conservative politician who was the Minister of Roads and Urban Development from 25 August 2021 to 22 November 2022. He was Minister of Petroleum from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013.[3] [4]

Early life and education

Ghasemi was born on 5 May 1964 in Sargah village, Mohr County, Fars province.[5] [6] His father was a businessman and politician. He served as the governor of the Fars Province from 1980 to 1988. He graduated from Sharif University of Technology, studying civil engineering.[7]

Career

Ghasemi joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kharg Island in 1979.[5] He participated in the Iran-Iraq War. After the war, he joined the Khatam-al Anbia troops in Bushehr, the Guards' engineering and construction company.[8] In 1996, he was named head of the IRGC navy's Nouh base.[5] Ghasemi became deputy commander of the troops in 2001.

He was the chair of the IRGC-affiliated Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters from 2007 to 2011. He retired from the military in August 2011.

On 26 July 2011, he was nominated as oil minister by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to succeed Masoud Mir Kazemi.[9] He was approved by the parliament on 3 August 2011, being the fourth oil minister in the Ahmedinejad government.[10] He received 216 votes of the 246 Majlis members.[5] He was the president of the OPEC for 2011,[11] despite being on the US, EU and Australian sanction list since 2010.[12] Ghasemi's tenure as oil minister ended on 15 August 2013, and he was replaced by Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in the post.[13] Shortly after leaving office Ghasemi was appointed advisor to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan on 22 August.[13] [14]

Ghasemi was seen in a photograph dated 2011 in Malaysia cuddling a woman without hijab alleged to be his non-married girlfriend, in conflict with the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran's government when he was the minister of oil, a cabinet position in that government.[15] [16]

On 8 December 2022, Ghasemi died of illness in China, aged 58.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: بیوگرافی رستم قاسمی؛ سوابق و دیدگاه‌های وزیر راه و شهرسازی دولت رئیسی . EghtesadShahrvand . 3 October 2021 . 9 December 2022 . 9 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209083645/https://eghtesadshahrvand.com/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87/57424/ . live.
  2. Web site: مثنوی عاشقانه یک سیاستمدار برای همسرش . Mashregh News . 2 September 2020 . 9 December 2022 . 2 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220502015136/https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/1113857/%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%86%D9%88%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%B4 . live.
  3. Web site: TABNAK . تابناک . جزییات جلسه علنی مجلس؛ رأی اعتماد به وزرای پیشنهادی . 8 December 2022 . fa . fa.
  4. News: روزنامه اطلاعات: "عملیات گسترده شبه‌نظامیان حشد شعبی در مرز ایران و عراق" . fa . BBC News فارسی . 8 December 2022.
  5. Alfoneh. Ali. Iran's Revolutionary Guards Strike Oil. The Middle East Quarterly. Winter 2012. XIX. 1. 75–78. 29 July 2013.
  6. Web site: 5 August 2011 . زندگینامه: رستم قاسمی (۱۳۴۳-) . 8 December 2022 . همشهری آنلاین . fa.
  7. Web site: 162nd Ordinary Meeting. OPEC. 17 February 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100702195547/http://www.opec.org/opec_web/static_files_project/media/downloads/press_room/PressBack.pdf. 2 July 2010.
  8. Web site: 3 March 2016 . UPDATE 3-Military officer becomes Iran's new oil minister . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235229/http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL6E7J31E020110803 . 3 March 2016 . 8 December 2022 . Reuters.
  9. Web site: TABNAK . تابناک . 4 وزير پیشنهادی بالاخره به مجلس معرفی شدند . 8 December 2022 . fa . fa.
  10. Web site: Alizadeh. Hossein. The Best Government from Constitutional Revolution to Date! . Iran Briefing. 28 July 2013. 16 August 2011.
  11. News: Dehghan . Saeed Kamali . 2011-08-03 . Iran revolutionary guards commander becomes new president of Opec . The Guardian.
  12. News: Iran names Guards commander Rostam Qasemi oil minister. 13 September 2013. BBC News. 3 August 2011.
  13. News: Former Iranian Oil Minister Qasemi appointed advisor to Defense Minister . 24 August 2013. Trend. 22 August 2013.
  14. News: Ex-Iranian Oil Minister Qasemi appointed advisor to Defense Minister . 13 September 2013. ILNA. 22 August 2013. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016045409/http://ilna.ir/en/news/news.cfm?id=1195. 16 October 2013.
  15. توانا Tavaana . Tavaana . 1587172638530625537 . 31 October 2022 . IRGC General & Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi, pictured here in 2011 next to his paramour while visiting Malaysia. - this is the regime that killed #MahsaAmini on the pretext of indecent hijab #IranRevoIution2022 https://t.co/CT2J8Fxoc1 . en . 5 December 2022.
  16. Alavi . Shahed . ShahedAlavi . 1586965767337267200 . 31 October 2022 . سردار پاسدار رستم قاسمی، وزیر فعلی راه و شهرسازی رئیسی، سال ۲۰۱۱، دو سال پس از مرگ همسرش، زمانی که وزیر نفت احمدی‌نژاد بود در سفری به مالزی همراه با معشوقه‌اش در محوطه پشتی برج‌های دوقلوی پتروناس کوالالامپور. کثافت‌های دورو. https://t.co/XbynhWoJJY https://t.co/hGPGLuG0BV . Guardsman Rostam Ghasemi, the current Minister of Roads and Urban Development Raisi, in 2011, two years after the death of his wife, when he was Oil Minister Ahmadinejad on a trip to Malaysia with his lover in the back yard of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Doro dirt. . fa . 5 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221031093621/https://twitter.com/ShahedAlavi/status/1586965767337267200 . 31 October 2022 . live.
  17. Web site: 8 December 2022 . Iran's former road minister Rostam Ghasemi dies of illness . 8 December 2022 . Mehr News Agency . en.

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