Ali Mohammad Besharati

Ali Mohammad Besharati (born 1945) is a senior Iranian politician who served as deputy foreign minister and also, interior minister.

Ali Mohammad Besharati
Minister of Interior
In office
1993–1997
Preceded byAbdollah Nouri
Succeeded byAbdollah Nouri
Personal details
Born1945 (age 75–76)
Jahrom
NationalityIranian

Early life and education

Besharati was born in Jahrom in 1945.[1][2] He studied medicine. However, he holds a bachelor's degree in education.[1] During the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, when he was a medical student, he was detained and jailed for five years.[3]

Career

Following the 1979 revolution, Besharati became a member of the Iranian Parliament. He was very powerful official in the foreign ministry as deputy minister for ten years.[3][4] He was deputy to Ali Akbar Velayati.[5] He also served as an advisor to former President Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani.[6]

Besharati served as interior minister from 1993 to 1997.[3][7] Besharati succeeded Abdollah Nouri as interior minister.[8][9] Besharati's major task was to organize the election process. It was he who appointed Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as governor.[3]

Then he worked in the Strategic Studies Center.[2]

References
  1. Jamal S. Al-Suwaidi (2002). Iran and the Gulf: A Search for Stability. I.B.Tauris. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-86064-144-2.
  2. "Ali Muhammad Besharati". Utah University Archives. 12 May 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  3. Michael Slackman (28 August 2006). "An Ex-Official Offers Glimpse of Iranian Views of U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. Dilip Hiro (1987). Iran Under the Ayatollahs. Routledge & Kegan Paul. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-7102-1123-1.
  5. Farhang Rajaee (2010). Islamism and Modernism. University of Texas Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-292-77436-0.
  6. Hanif Zarrabi-Kashani (18 July 2013). "Iran: The Week in Review". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
  7. Peter Feuilherade (1 April 1994). "Iran: media and the message". The Middle East. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  8. Mohammad Sahimi (28 April 2010). "The Middle Road of Hashemi Rafsanjani". PBS. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. Rachel Ingber (14 August 1997). "Khatami's Cabinet Choices: On the Record" (PolicyWatch 264). Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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