Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam

Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam (Persian: اسماعیل احمدی‌مقدم) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as Iran's Chief of police, the chief commander of Law Enforcement Force of Islamic Republic of Iran, from 2005 to 2015.[1]


Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam
Bornc. 1961 (age 5960)[1]
Narmak, Tehran, Iran[1]
AllegianceIran
Service/branchRevolutionary Committee
Revolutionary Guards
Basij
Law Enforcement Force
Years of service1980–2015
RankBrigadier general[1]
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War[1]

Prior to the appointment, he served as deputy of Basij militia and its commander in Greater Tehran.[1] Ahmadi-Moghaddam started his career at Islamic Revolution Committees and later was transferred to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[1]

Ahmadi-Moghaddam has got a BA in Social Sciences from University of Tehran and obtained a master's degree in defense management from Army's University of Command and Staff, continued by a Ph.D. from Supreme National Defense University in military sciences.[1]

For some time, he was commandant of Police University.[1]

References

  1. "Biography: Esmail Ahmadi-Moghaddam (1961–)". Hamshahri (in Persian). 26 February 2008. 45277. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
Police appointments
Preceded by
Ali Abdollahi (caretaker)
Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Police
9 July 2005 – 9 March 2015
Succeeded by
Hossein Ashtari
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