Safdar Hosseini

Safdar Hosseini
Chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran
In office 1 October 2013 – 2 July 2016
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Farzin[1]
Succeeded by	Ahmad Dost Hosseini
Minister of Finance
In office 2 November 2004 – 14 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Tahmasb Mazaheri
Succeeded by	Davoud Danesh Jafari
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office 19 August 2001 – 2 November 2004
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hossein Kamali
Succeeded by	Nasser Khaleghi
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 61–62) Izeh, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front
Children	Fatemeh
Alma mater	Shiraz University University of Saskatchewan

Safdar Hosseini (Persian: صفدر حسینی‎‎; born 1954) is an Iranian academic and politician, who has served in various cabinet posts. He was chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran from 2013 until his resignation in 2016. He was resigned after governmental managers payroll scandal.

Early life and education

Hosseini was born in 1954.^[2] His family are from the province of Khuzestan.^[2] He holds a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Shiraz University and also, received a PhD in the same field from University of Saskatchewan of Canada.^[2]

Career

Hosseini is a member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front. He also is a university professor at Tehran University.

Hosseini was the minister of labour and social affairs in the cabinet of the then president Mohammad Khatami from 2001 to 2004.^[2] Then he served as the minister of economy and finance affairs in the same cabinet. He was appointed in 2004, replacing Tahmasb Mazaheri in the post.^[2] Hosseini was replaced by Davoud Danesh-Jafari on 24 August 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president.

Personal life

His daughter, Fatemeh Hosseini, is the youngest member of Parliament of Iran.^[3]

References

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)
Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005) Minister of Agriculture** Isa Kalantari (1997–2000) Minister of Jihad of Construction** Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2000) Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture** Mahmoud Hojjati (2000–2005) Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000) Ahmad Motamedi (2000–2005) Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005) Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2000–2005) Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005) Minister of Education Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005) Minister of Energy Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005) Minister of Health and Medical Education Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005) Minister of Mines and Metals*** Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2000) Minister of Industries*** Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2000) Minister of Industries and Mines*** Eshaq Jahangiri (2000–2005) Minister of Intelligence Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005) Minister of Interior Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005) Minister of Justice Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005) Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005) Minister of Roads and Transportation Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005) Commerce Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005) Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005) Minister of Welfare and Social Security**** Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005) Ministry of Cooperatives Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)
Cabinet-level First Vice President Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005) Chief of Staff Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005) Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005) Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005) Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005) Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005) Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005) Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005) Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)
* Acting **Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture ***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines ****established in 2004