Mohammad Jahromi

Former government official in Iran

Mohammad Jahromi


Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
In office 24 August 2005 – 3 September 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Preceded by	Nasser Khaleghi
Succeeded by	Reza Sheykholeslam
Governor of Fars Province
In office 1993–1997
Preceded by	Ali Danesh Monfared
Succeeded by	Gholamreza Sahraeian

Personal details
Born	1958 (age 65–66) Tehran, Iran
Military service
Branch/service	Revolutionary Guards
Years of service	1979–1982

Mohammad Jahromi (born 1958) is a former Iranian governor and politician who served as minister of labor and social affairs from 2005 to 2009.

Early life and education

Jahromi was born in Tehran in 1958.^[1]^[2] He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in public administration which he obtained in 1993 and 1997, respectively.^[2] He also received a PhD in strategic management in 2005.^[1]^[2]

Career

Jahromi was the deputy chairman for executive affairs of the Guardian Council.^[3] He was also one of the founding members of the IRGC in the provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran in 1979.^[3] He acted as an IRGC commander in Noor. In addition, he served as the governor of different provinces, including Zanjan (1982-1984), Lorestan (1984-1989) and Semnan (1984-1999).^[1] He was among the members of secretariat of the State Expediency Council.^[3]

On 24 August 2005, he became the minister of labor and social affairs in the first cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.^[4] He was approved by the Majlis with 197 votes in favor.^[5] He was succeeded by Reza Sheykholeslam in August 2009 as minister of labor and social affairs.^[6]

Immediately after his removal from office, Jahromi was appointed deputy of the judiciary chief, Sadeq Larijani, in August 2009.^[7] Next Jahromi was named chief of the state-run Bank Saderat.^[2] He was removed from office following his involvement in a financial scandal.^[2]

Sanctions

Jahromi was sanctioned by the European Union on 1 December 2011 due to his presidency at the Saderat Bank, which was also sanctioned by the Union.^[8] He was omitted from the sanction list in October 2012.^[9]

Personal life

Jahromi is the son-in-law of Ali Akbar Nategh Noori.^[2]^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Iran cabinet: Biography of proposed labour minister". BBC. 14 August 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mehrzad Boroujerdi; Kourosh Rahimkhani (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. pp. 522, 645. doi:10.2307/j.ctt20p56tf. ISBN 978-0-8156-5432-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c "18 of Iran's 21 new ministers hail from Revolutionary Guards, secret police". Iran Focus. 14 August 2005. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "Controversy". PBS. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "Iran: 17 proposed ministers receive votes of confidence, 4 rejected". Payvand. 25 August 2005. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ Hossein Alizadeh (16 August 2011). "The Best Government from Constitutional Revolution to Date!". Iran Briefing. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "Larijani and Ahmadinejad to shuffle ministers". Etemad-e Melli. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
^ "Council Decision 2011/783/CFSP". EU Official Gazette. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ "Persons referred to at point (2) of Article 1". EU Official Gazette. October 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "Latest from Iran". EA World View. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2013.

External links

Media related to Mohammad Jahromi at Wikimedia Commons

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)