Masoud Mir-Kazemi
| Masoud Mir Kazemi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Iran | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 28 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Shahab od-Din Sadr |
| Minister of Petroleum of Iran | |
| In office 9 August 2009 – 3 August 2011 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Gholam Hossein Nozari |
| Succeeded by | Rostam Ghasemi |
| Minister of Commerce of Iran | |
| In office 24 August 2005 – 9 August 2009 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Shariatmadari |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Ghazanfari |
| Member of Parliament of Iran | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 27 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Omidvar Rezaie |
| Constituency | Tehran |
| Majority | 585,228 (25.2%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 54–55) Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Alma mater | Iran University of Science and Technology Tarbiat Modarres University |
Masoud Mir Kazemi (مسعود میرکاظمی in Persian) (born 1960) is an Iranian politician who is currently a member of the Parliament of Iran from Tehran and also second deputy speaker of the parliament.
Early life and education
Kazemi was born in Tehran in 1960.[1][2] He received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Iran University of Science and Technology in 1986 and 1989, respectively.[1] He also holds PhD in industrial engineering from Tarbiat Modarres University (1996).[2]
Career
After the 1979 revolution, Kazemi became a member of the revolution committees and then of the IRGC.[1] Then he headed Shahed University. He was Iran's minister of commerce during the first term of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 2005 to 2009.[3] Kazemi discussed the possibility of making neighbouring Iraq a major gas export market, citing the destruction of Iraq's energy infrastructure as a result of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[4]
He served as minister of petroleum from 2009 to 2011,[5] replacing Gholam Hossein Nozari after Ahmadinejad was re-elected.[3]
On 14 October 2010, Mir Kazemi was elected as conference president for 2011 OPEC.
On 9 May 2011, it was announced that Mir Kazemi, Sadegh Mahsouli and Ali Akbar Mehrabian would leave the cabinet.[6] He was not enjoyed to the cabinet meetings from June 2011 and Mohammad Aliabadi was acting minister in his absence. He was announced his candidacy for Parliament of Iran in the 2012 legislative election on 22 December 2011 and was elected as a MP from Tehran. He was elected as second deputy speaker of the parliament on 28 May 2012.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "A Brief Biography of Iran's New Ministers". Payvand. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "162th Ordinary Meeting". OPEC. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "President Nominates Mir-Kazemi to Lead Iran's Oil Ministry". Shana. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ↑ "Iran eyes Iraq for gas export market". Fars News Agency via United Press International. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ↑ "Iran-NDE - Central Intelligence Agency". Central Intelligence Agency. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ↑ Mehrabian, Mir Kazemi and Mahsouli will leave cabinet Tabnak
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Mohammad Shariatmadari |
Minister of Commerce 2005-2009 |
Succeeded by Mehdi Ghazanfari |
| Preceded by Gholam Hossein Nozari |
Minister of Petroleum 2009–2011 |
Succeeded by Rostam Ghasemi |
| Preceded by Shahab od-Din Sadr |
Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament 2012–present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
