Mohammad Ardakani

Mohammad Ardakani

Minister of Cooperatives
In office 9 November 2005 – 5 November 2006
President	Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Succeeded by	Mohammad Abbasi
Personal details
Nationality	Iranian
Religion	Islam

Mohammad Nazemi Ardakani is an Iranian politician who served as the minister of cooperatives and governor of the Qom province.

Career

Ardakani served as the representative of the religious judge in the Iranian Army's revolutionary courts in western Iran.^[1] Then he became a member of the IRGC's political bureau in Kurdistan province.^[1] He served as a member of the supreme labor council from 1990 to 1994.^[1]

When then newly-elect President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's nominee for the minister of cooperatives was not approved by the Majlis,^[2] Ardakani was named acting minister in September 2005.^[3] He was nominated by Ahmedinejad for the full portfolio in early November 2005.^[4] Ardakani was approved by the Majlis as minister on 9 November, getting 174 votes out of 236, with 51 against.^[5] He was removed from office and was succeeded by Mohammad Abbasi in the post on 5 November 2006.^[6]^[7]

After leaving office Ardakani became the head of the Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran (ISIRI).^[8]^[9] Then he was appointed governor of Qom province.^[10] Next he was made deputy to Mohammad Najjar, minister of interior.^[8]^[11] Ardakani was also named head of National Organization of Civil Registration.^[8]^[12]

Personal life

Ardakani is married to the aunt of Masoud Zaribafan, who was cabinet secretary and is Ahmedinejad's brother-in-law.^[13]

References

1 2 3 "Iran: New cabinet nominees are among veteran Revolutionary Guards, Judiciary officials". National Council of Resistance of Iran. 4 November 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ Bill Samii (9 November 2005). "Iran: Still Seeking a Stable Government". Payvand. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "Proposed Education minister addressed Iranian Majlis". Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. BBC. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "'Unknown' given Iran oil ministry". BBC. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "Still seeking a stable government" (Reports (Vol. 8, Issue 45)). Radio Free Europe. 14 November 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ Hossein Alizadeh. "The Best Government from Constitutional Revolution to Date!". Iran Briefing. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "Iran Majlis approves new Cooperatives Minister". Iran Focus. 5 November 2006. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
1 2 3 "Invited speakers". IICM. 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "Industry standards MoU with Kyrgyzstan". Press TV. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ Rubin, Michael (24 December 2008). "Iran News Round Up". National Review Online. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "The First Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Civil Registration Organizations/Centers" (Press release). ECO Secretariat. 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ "Agenda of the World Population Day" (PDF). IRIP. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
↑ Michael Rubin; Ali Alfoneh (10 May 2009). "Iran Presidential Election Round Up". National Review Online. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

Cabinet of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005–2013)

Cabinet

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Manouchehr Mottaki (2005–2010) Ali Akbar Salehi (2010–2013)

Minister of Agriculture	Mohammad-Reza Eskandari (2005–2009) Sadeq Khalilian (2009–2013)

Minister of Communications and IT	Mohammad Soleimani (2005–2009) Reza Taghipour (2009–2013)

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Mohammad Jahromi (2005–2009) Reza Sheykholeslam (2009–2011)

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Hossein Saffar Harandi (2005–2009) Mohammad Hosseini (2009–2013)

Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2005–2009) Ahmad Vahidi (2009–2013)

Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Davoud Danesh-Jafari (2005–2008) Shamseddin Hosseini (2008–2013)

Minister of Education	Mahmoud Farshidi (2005–2007) Alireza Ali-Ahmadi (2007–2009) Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee (2009–2013)

Minister of Energy	Parviz Fattah (2005–2009) Majid Namjoo (2009–2013)

Minister of Health and Medical Education	Kamran Bagheri Lankarani (2005–2009) Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi (2009–2013) Hassan Tarighat-Monfared (2013)

Minister of Industries and Mines	Alireza Tahmasbi (2005–2007) Aliakbar Mehrabian (2007–2011)

Minister of Intelligence	Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i (2005–2009) Heydar Moslehi (2009–2013)

Minister of Interior	Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (2005–2008) Ali Kordan (2008) Sadegh Mahsouli (2008–2009) Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2009–2013)

Minister of Justice	Jamal Karimi-Rad (2005–2006) Gholam-Hossein Elham (2006–2009) Morteza Bakhtiari (2009–2013)

Minister of Petroleum	Kazem Vaziri (2005–2007) Gholam-Hossein Nozari (2007–2009) Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2009–2011) Rostam Ghasemi (2011–2013)

Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mohammad Rahmati (2005–2008) Hamid Behbahani (2008–2011)

Commerce	Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2005–2009) Mehdi Ghazanfari (2009–2011)

Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi (2005–2009) Kamran Daneshjoo (2009–2013)

Minister of Welfare and Social Security	Parviz Kazemi (2005) Abdulreza Mesri (2005–2009) Sadegh Mahsouli (2009–2011)

Ministry of Cooperatives	Mohammad Ardakani (2005–2006) Mohammad Abbasi (2006–2011)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Mohammad Saeedikia (2005–2009) Ali Nikzad (2009–2011)

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports	Mohammad Abbasi (2011–2013)

Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Welfare	Reza Sheykholeslam (2011–2013) Asadollah Abbasi (2013)

Minister of Industries and Business	Mehdi Ghazanfari (2011–2013)

Minister of Transportation and Housing	Ali Nikzad (2011–2013)

Cabinet-level

First Vice President	Parviz Davoodi (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009) Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (2009–2013)

Chief of Staff	Gholam-Hossein Elham (2005–2006) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012–2013)

Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (2005–2009) Ali Akbar Salehi (2009–2010) Mohammad Ahmadian (2010–2011) Fereydoon Abbasi (2011–2013)

Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2005–2009) Hamid Baqai (2009–2011) Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh (2011–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012) Mohammed Sharif Malekzadeh (2012–2013)

Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Fatemeh Javadi (2005–2009) Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh (2009–2013)

Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2005–2009) Masoud Zaribafan (2009–2007)

Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Farhad Rahbar (2005–2006) Amir-Mansour Borgheie (2006–2007)

Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs	Amir-Mansour Borgheie (2007–2009) Ebrahim Azizi (2009–2012) Behrouz Moradi (2012–2013)

Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mohammad Aliabadi (2005–2009) Ali Saeidlou (2009–2011)

Vice President for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs	Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi (2005–2008) Majid Jafarzadeh* (2008) Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (2008–2009)

Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini (2009–2012) Lotfollah Forouzandeh (2012–2013)

Vice President for Legal Affairs	Fatemeh Bodaghi (2009–2013)

Vice President for Management and Human Resources Development	Lotfollah Forouzandeh (?–2012) Ebrahim Azizi (2012–2013)

Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation	Parviz Davoodi (2005–2006) Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh (2006–2009) Nasrin Soltankhah (2009–2013)

Vice President and Head of National Youth Organization	Javad Haj Aliakbari (2005–2009) Mehrdad Bazrpash (2009–2010)

Vice President for Women and Family Affairs	Maryam Mojtahedzadeh (2013)

Vice President for Executive Affairs	Hamid Baqai (2011–2013)

* Acting

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