Reza Taghipour

Reza Taghipour


Minister of Communications
In office 21 August 2009 – 2 December 2012
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mohammad Soleimani
Succeeded by	Ali Nikzad
Member of City Council of Tehran
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 September 2014
Personal details
Born	1957 Maragheh, Iran
Political party	Iranian Principlists
Alma mater	University of Bordeaux
Religion	Shia Islam

Reza Taghipour (born 1957, in Maragheh)^[1] is an Iranian politician who was the Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as a member of Tehran City Council in 2013 local elections.

Executive Records

Deputy of the Minister of ICT and head of Iran Space Agency since 2008.
Deputy of managing director of Electronic Industries for 8 years (2000–2008).
The Chairman of the board of Shiraz Electronic Industries for 3 years (2000–2003)
The Chairman of the board of Isfahan Optics Industries (IOI) for 4 years
The Chairman of the board of IS Iran for 3 years
Deputy of the chairman of the board & managing director of Telecommunication Co. of IEI for 1.5 years
Deputy of Industrial Research in Electronic and Telecommunication Group for 2 years
Manager of Electronic and Computer Industry of Electronic and Telecommunication Group
Member of the Board of Iran Electronic Industries Co. for 13 years (since 1996 till now)
Managing Director of Shiraz Electronic Industries for 5 years
Manager of Telecommunication Security Industries for 8 years
Executive of the ICT ( N M) project for Training & Research Institute
Member of the research council of Iran Electronic Research Center for 3 years

Research, Industrial and Educational activities

Teaching the courses of executive managers development in Iran Electronic Industries
Creating the center of research for telecommunication encoders and management, designing and producing of more than 14 encoders
Creating the research center of Electronic war in Shiraz Electronic Industries
Development of the optic and laser industries in Shiraz Electronic Industries
Creating and developing the radar industries and microwave lamps in Shiraz Electronic Industries
Creating and developing the marine electronic industry in IES
Producing over 10 major industrial products such as anti-armor missile shooter, tank"s fire controller, ground care radar, high power microwave lamps, underwater wireless, underwater hearing and night vision glasses.

Honors

Elected as the national outstanding manager in the ninth Shahid Rajaee Festival in 2005
Achieving the first grade of Shahid Rajaee Festival in 1996
Receiving the appreciation board from the minister of defense for self-sufficiency and strengthening the ability of defense forces
Receiving the appreciation board for security control and command network from the commander of IRIAF in 2005
Receiving the appreciation board for establishing the festival of using the implementation techniques and strategic plan from the managing director of Iran Electronic Industries in 2005
Receiving the appreciation board for codifying the strategic plan from the CEO of Iran Electronic Industries in 2005
Receiving the appreciation board for self-sufficiency and cutting dependence from the deputy of Jihad IRIMF research and self-sufficiency in 2005
Receiving the appreciation board for empowering and developing the national power from the defense minister

Controversy

Taghipour was sanctioned by the European Union on 23 March 2012 for excessive censorship activity.^[1]

References

1 2 "Council decision 2012/168/CFSP". Official Journal of the European Union. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.

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Biography

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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