Majead Ansari

Majead Ansari

مجید انصاری

Vice President of Iran
for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
October 13, 2004 – September 13, 2005
President Mohammad Khatami
Leader Ali Khamenei
Preceded by Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Succeeded by Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
1996–2004
Constituency Kerman
Personal details
Born 1950
Kerman, Iran
Political party Association of Combatant Clerics
Religion Usuli Twelver Shi'a Islam

Majead Ansari (حجت‌الاسلام مجید انصاری; born in 1950 in Zarand, Kerman province), also spelled Majid Ansari is an Iranian politician and cleric. He was the Iranian Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs from October 12, 2004 to August 29, 2005, appointed by President Mohammad Khatami. He replaced the resigning Mohammad Ali Abtahi and was replaced by Ahmad Mousavi (as appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad).

Ansari is also a representative to the Iranian Assembly of Experts and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Politically, he is a member of the Central Council of Association of Combatant Clerics (Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez).

Previously, he has been a representative of Tehran in the Majlis of Iran until 2004. Ansari has openly supported Sadeq Khalkhali, the hanging judge and his serial executions.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by
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President of prisons organization of Iran
1986–1988
Succeeded by
Esmail Shooshtari

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