Morteza Bakhtiari

Iranian politician (born 1952)

Morteza Bakhtiari


Head of the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 July 2019
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Parviz Fattah
Deputy Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi
In office 22 May 2016 – 1 January 2019
Appointed by	Ebrahim Raisi
Preceded by	Mehdi Azizian
Succeeded by	Reza Fatemi Amin
Minister of Justice
In office 3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Preceded by	Gholam Hossein Elham
Succeeded by	Mostafa Pourmohammadi
Governor of Isfahan
In office 8 October 2005 – 3 September 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Preceded by	Mahmoud Hosseini
Succeeded by	Alireza Zaker

Personal details
Born	1952 (age 71–72) Mashhad, Iran

Morteza Bakhtiari (born 1952) is an Iranian politician who served as 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] Bakhtiari won 225 votes in favor and 36 votes against.^[10] 23 members of the Majlis did not attend the session.^[10]

Bakhtiari was one of seven members of the committee that was tasked with carrying out the presidential elections held in June 2013.^[11] His term as justice minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Mostafa Pourmohammadi.^[12]

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.^[13] The Treasury of the United Kingdom also put him among asset freeze targets in October 2011 due to the same reason.^[14]

References

^ "Verordnung" (PDF). Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Iranian paper examines problems awaiting new prisons chief". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 12 June 2004. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ "Larijani and Ahmadinejad to shuffle ministers". Etemad-e Melli. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ "New Iranian head of prisons appointed". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 6 June 2004. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ "Sayyed Morteza Bakhtiari". UK for Iranian. Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Iranian government appoints four new provincial governors". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ "List of Iran's new cabinet ministers". Xinhua. Tehran. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments". CIA. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
^ Alizadeh, Hossein (16 August 2011). "The Best Government from Constitutional Revolution to Date!". Iran Briefing. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
^ ^a ^b Shoaei, Hanif (2 September 2009). "Iran's Parliament approves a hard-line Cabinet in Tehran". Demotix. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. 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. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. 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.

External links

Media related to Morteza Bakhtiari at Wikimedia Commons

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 (2009–2012) Ali Nikzad* (2012–2013) Mohammad-Hassan Nami (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 Defence and Armed Forces Logistics	Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2005–2009) Ahmad Vahidi (2009–2013)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Davoud Danesh-Jafari (2005–2008) Hossein Samsami* (2008) Shamseddin Hosseini (2008–2013)
Minister of Education	Ali-Asghar Fani* (2005) Mahmoud Farshidi (2005–2007) Alireza Ali-Ahmadi (2007–2009) Ramezan Mohsenpour* (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 (2009–2012) Hassan Tarighat Monfared (2012-2013)
Minister of Industries and Mines	Alireza Tahmasbi (2005–2007) Ali Akbar Mehrabian (2007–2011) Mehdi Ghazanfari* (2011)
Minister of Intelligence	Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i (2005–2009) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad* (2009) Heydar Moslehi (2009–2013)
Minister of Interior	Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (2005–2008) Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi* (2008) Ali Kordan (2008) Kamran Daneshjoo* (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 Hamaneh (2005–2007) Gholam-Hossein Nozari (2007–2009) Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2009–2011) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad* (2011) Mohammad Aliabadi* (2011) Rostam Ghasemi (2011–2013)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mohammad Rahmati (2005–2008) Hamid Behbahani (2008–2011) Ali Nikzad* (2011)
Minister of 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	Davoud Madadi* (2005) Parviz Kazemi (2005-2006) Ali Yousefpour* (2006) Abdolreza Mesri (2006–2009) Nad-Ali Olfatpour* (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 Roads and Urban Development	Ali Nikzad (2011–2013)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Parviz Davoodi (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009) Mohammad Reza Rahimi (2009–2013)
Head of President's Office	Gholam-Hossein Elham (2005–2007) Reza Sheykholeslam (2007-2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012–2013)
Chief of Staff	Ali Saeedlou (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009–2011) Hamid Baghaei (2011–2013)
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 Baghaei (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 (2009–2013)
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 Saeedlou (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	Amir-Mansour Borgheie* (2007) Ebrahim Azizi (2007–2009) Lotfollah Forouzandeh (2009–2012) Ebrahim Azizi (2012) Gholam-Hossein Elham (2012–2013)
Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation	Parviz Davoodi (2006–2007) Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh (2007–2009) Nasrin Soltankhah (2009–2013)
Vice President and Head of National Youth Organization	Javad Haj Aliakbari (2005–2009) Mehrdad Bazrpash (2009–2010) Homayoun Hamidi* (2011)
Vice President for Women and Family Affairs	Maryam Mojtahedzadeh (2013)
Vice President for Executive Affairs	Hamid Baghaei (2011–2013)
Vice President for Foreign Affairs	Ali Saeedlou (2011–2013)
Vice President for Enforcing the Constitution	Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini (2012–2013)