Ali Abdollahi

Sardar Ali Abdollahi
Vice Minister of Interior for Security
In office 14 October 2009 – 30 June 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Abbas Mohtaj
Succeeded by	Hossein Zolfaghari
Governor of Semnan Province
In office 16 September 2007 – 14 October 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Hamid Hajiabdolvahab
Succeeded by	Abbas Rahi
Governor of Gilan Province
In office 16 November 2005 – 8 September 2007
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Masoud Soltanifar
Succeeded by	Ruhollah Ghahremani
Personal details
Born	Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi 1959 Aliabad, Rudbar, Iran
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Revolutionary Guards Law Enforcement Force General Staff
Years of service	1980–2005; 2013–
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War

Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi (Persian: علی عبداللهی علی‌آبادی‎‎) is an Iranian senior military officer and politician who is currently coordinator deputy of General Staff of Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He served as governor and vice minister during presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.^[1]

Military career

Offices held by general Abdollahi include:^[1]

• Commander, Gilan Quds Provincial Corps
• Commander of Headquarters, Revolutionary Guards Ground Force
• Head of Inspection Circle, Revolutionary Guards Joint Staff
• Second-in-Command, Revolutionary Guards Air Force
• Deputy for Coordination, Law Enforcement Force
• Second-in-Command, Law Enforcement Force (until 2005)
• Caretaker, Law Enforcement Force (2005)
• Deputy for Readiness, Logistics and Industrial Research, General Staff of Armed Forces (2013–2016)
• Deputy for Coordination, General Staff of Armed Forces (2016–)

References

Commanders of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran
	Sohrabi (1991–92) Seifollahi (1992–96) Lotfian (1996–00) Ghalibaf (2000–05) Abdollahi (2005; caretaker) Ahmadi-Moghaddam (2005–15) Ashtari (2015–present)