Bijan Namdar Zangeneh

Bijan Namdar Zangeneh
Minister of Petroleum
Assumed office
15 August 2013
President Hassan Rouhani
Deputy Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh
Preceded by Rostam Ghasemi
In office
14 August 1997 – 7 August 2005
President Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by Gholam Reza Aghazadeh
Succeeded by Kazem Vaziri Hamane
Minister of Energy
In office
2 September 1988 – 14 August 1997
President Ali Khamenei
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by Mohammad-Taghi Banqi
Succeeded by Habibollah Bitaraf
Minister of Agriculture
In office
14 November 1983 – 2 September 1988
President Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Gholamreza Forouzesh
Personal details
Born (1953-03-15) 15 March 1953
Kermanshah, Iran
Political party Executives of Construction Party
Alma mater Tehran University
Religion Islam
Signature

Bijan Namdar Zangeneh (Persian: بيژن نامدار زنگنه ‎‎) is an Iranian politician, who served as minister at different cabinets after the revolution for 32 years. He has been serving as oil minister since 15 August 2013 in the cabinet led by Hassan Rouhani.

Early life and education

Zangeneh was born in Kermanshah in 1953. He spent his early school years in his hometown before moving to Tehran where he received his high school diploma. He received his MSc in civil engineering from the University of Tehran in 1977 and then became a member of the academic staff of the Khajeh Nasireddin Tousi University (K.N.Toosi University of Technology).

Career and activities

Following the 1979 revolution, Zangeneh was appointed deputy for the minister of culture and Islamic guidance in 1980.[1] In 1983, he was made minister of construction jihad.[1] He was appointed minister of energy in the government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi in 1988.[1] He also served as the energy minister in Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's cabinet[2] and made massive efforts for reconstruction and rehabilitation of the country's water and electricity industry in the aftermath of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War and the damages caused to the industry in the Iraqi attacks. He was the minister of petroleum in Mohammad Khatami's cabinet.[2] Zangeneh was replaced by Kazem Vaziri Hamane in the post on 29 August 2005 as appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[1]

He was appointed as a member of the Expediency Council by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in 1996. He taught at several universities and academic centers.

In early August 2013, Zangeneh was nominated as the petroleum minister by President Rouhani and was confirmed on 15 August.[3] On 21 August Zanganeh was named as the head of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) for 2013.[4] Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh was appointed Zangeneh's deputy on 3 September.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sara Vakhshouri (21 August 2013). "Iran's Oil Minister Confronts Sanctions". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Iranian Parliament Approves Moderate President's New Cabinet". The New York Times. 21 August 1997. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Kamali Dehghan, Saeed (15 August 2013). "Iran's parliament approves 15 of Hassan Rouhani's 18 cabinet ministers". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Iran's Oil Minister Appointed GECF Head". Mees. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Vaziri-Hamaneh appointed as Iran's deputy oil minister". Tehran Times. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
Political offices
Preceded by
Position established		 Minister of Agriculture
1983–1988 		Succeeded by
Gholamreza Forouzesh
Preceded by
Mohammad-Taqi Banqi]		 Minister of Energy
1988–1997 		Succeeded by
Habibollah Bitaraf
Preceded by
Gholam Reza Aghazadeh		 Minister of Petroleum
1997–2005 		Succeeded by
Kazem Vaziri Hamane
Preceded by
Rostam Ghasemi		 Minister of Petroleum
2013–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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