Sadeq Khalilian

Iranian economist and politician

صادق خلیلیان

Khalilian in 2018

Governor General of KhuzestanIn office
5 September 2021 – 28 December 2022PresidentEbrahim RaisiPreceded byQasem Soleimani DashtakiSucceeded byAli-Akbar Hosseini MehrabMinister of AgricultureIn office
3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013PresidentMahmoud AhmedinejadPreceded byMohammad Reza EskandariSucceeded byMahmoud Hojjati Personal detailsBorn (1959-08-08) 8 August 1959 (age 64)
Ahvaz, Pahlavi IranAlma materTarbiat Modares UniversityMilitary serviceBranch/service

Revolutionary Committee
Revolutionary Guards

Sadeq Khalilian (Persian: صادق خلیلیان, born 8 August 1959) is an Iranian conservative politician who served as the governor of Khuzestan Province from 2021 to 2022. He is the former agriculture minister from 2009 to 2013 in the government headed by Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.^[1]

Early life and education

Khalilian was born in Ahvaz in the Khuzestan province in 1959.^[2] He holds a bachelor's degree from Ahvaz University.^[3] He received a PhD in agricultural economy from Tarbiat Modares University in 1996.^[2]^[4] During his studies, he was a member of the Islamic Association of Students.^[2]

Career

Khalilian became a member of the Revolutionary Committees and IRGC after graduation.^[2] In 1990, he began to work at Tarbiat Modares University's faculty of agriculture as a faculty member.^[2] From 1998 to 2000, he served at different administrative positions at the university.^[2] Then he served as deputy agriculture minister until 2009.^[5] After the presidential elections in 2009, Ahmedinejad nominated Khalilian as agriculture minister.^[6] He was approved by the Majlis on 3 September 2009.^[7] He won 200 votes in favor and 54 votes against.^[8]

Khalilian registered for the 2013 presidential election,^[9]^[10] but he withdrew his candidacy on 14 May.^[11]^[12]

References

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^ "Presidential election enters new stage". Tehran Times. 11 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
^ "'6 candidates withdraw Iran's presidential race'". Alalam. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
^ "Iran agriculture minister withdraws presidential candidacy". BBC Monitoring International Reports. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

External links

Media related to Sadeq Khalilian 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)