Nasrollah Jahangard

Nasrollah Jahangard (born 1958 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician currently serving as the deputy minister of ICT in Technology and Innovation.

Nasrollah Jahangard
Nasrollah Jahangard

Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Acting
In office July 2000 – September 2000
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Aref
Succeeded by	Abdollah Mirtaheri (acting)

Personal details
Born	(1958-02-14) 14 February 1958 Tehran, Iran
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front
Alma mater	Shahid Beheshti University Amirkabir University of Technology

In October 2000, Jahangard was nominated for Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone but legislators turned him down.[1]

Back in 1997, he had been the Deputy Minister of Post, Telegraph & Telephone (PTT) for Development & Planning, that th ministry later renamed to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Also He was the secretary of the Supreme Council of ICT of Iran and President Mohammad Khatami's advisor and special envoy for ICT affairs. He is a founding member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front and is member of its political office.

He led the team for planning and implementing Takfa (similar to a "national ICT agenda" in some other countries), the first Iranian comprehensive countrywide plan for ICT. He received his bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Shahid Beheshti University and from Amirkabir University of Technology, he earned his master's degree in system engineering.

Jahangard was among the leaders for the National Commission of Information Society and helped the Iranian delegation to take part in World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005).

He was elected as the Man of IT in Iran in March 2005 by CCW Magazine.

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)
Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)
Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)
Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)
Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)
Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)
Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)
Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)
Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004

References

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