Mehdi Hashemi | |
Birth Name: | Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Order1: | Member of the Parliament of Iran |
Term Start1: | 28 May 2012 |
Term End1: | 28 May 2016 |
Majority1: | 369,317 (32.80%)[1] |
Constituency1: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Order2: | Acting Minister of Interior |
Term Start2: | 15 May 2008 |
Term End2: | 5 August 2008 |
President2: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Predecessor2: | Mostafa Pourmohammadi |
Successor2: | Ali Kordan |
Party: | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability[2] |
Branch: | Revolutionary Guards |
Serviceyears: | 1979–2005 |
Battles: | Iran–Iraq War |
Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi (Persian: سید مهدی هاشمی) is an Iranian former military officer and conservative politician who was formerly a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr.[1] He is currently President of the Shooting Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
He also served as the deputy to the Minister of Transportation, being appointed on 24 September 2008[3] and caretaker of the Minister of Interior.[4] On 29 August 2005, Hashemi was failed to gain a vote of confidence as the Welfare and Social Security Minister.[5]