Morteza Bakhtiari

Morteza Bakhtiari

Minister of Justice
In office 3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Preceded by	Gholam Hossein Elham
Succeeded by	Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 62–63) Mashhad, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Religion	Islam

Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who was the minister of justice from 2009 to 2013.

Early life

Bakhtiari was born in Mashhad in 1952.^[1]

Career

Bakhtiari served as the director of the state prisons organization of Iran from 4 March 1999 to June 2004.^[2] He was named as the head of the justice department of the Khorasan Province in Mashhad in June 2004, replacing Ali Akbar Yasaqi.^[3]^[4] Then he began to serve as the governor of Isfahan in October 2005.^[5]^[6] He was approved by the Majlis as justice minister to the cabinet led by president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on 3 September 2009^[7]^[8] and replaced Gholam Hossein Elham as justice minister.^[9]^[10] Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against.^[11] 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session.^[11]

Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013.^[12] His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Mostafa Pourmohammadi.^[13]

Sanctions

The European Union put sanctions on Bakhtiari and other two ministers in the form of a visa ban and asset freeze in October 2011 due to alleged human rights abuses.^[14] The Treasury of the United Kingdom also put him among asset freeze targets in October 2011 due to the same reason.^[15]

References

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1 2 Shoaei, Hanif (2 September 2009). "Iran's Parliament approves a hard-line Cabinet in Tehran". Demotix. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
↑ Karami, Arash (2 May 2013). "Iran’s Minister of Intelligence Attacks Rafsanjani". Al Monitor. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
↑ "Iranian Parliament Gives Vote of Confidence to Majority of Rouhani’s Proposed Ministers". Fars News. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
↑ "Iran criticises fresh EU sanctions targeting ministers". Iran Focus. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
↑ "Asset Freeze Targets". HM Treasury. 29 March 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

Presidents of the Prisons Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Majid Ansari (1986–1988) Esmail Shooshtari (1988–1989) Asadollah Lajevardi (1989–1997) Morteza Bakhtiari (1997–2004) Ali Akbar Yasaqi (2004–2012) Gholam Hossein Esmaeili (2012–present)

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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