Safdar Hosseini

Safdar Hosseini (Persian: صفدر حسینی‎; born 1954) is an Iranian academic and politician, who has served in various cabinet posts. He was chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran from 2013 until 2016.

Safdar Hosseini
Chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran
In office
1 October 2013 – 2 July 2016
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byMohammad Reza Farzin[1]
Succeeded byAhmad Dost Hosseini
Minister of Finance
In office
2 November 2004 – 14 August 2005
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byTahmasb Mazaheri
Succeeded byDavoud Danesh Jafari
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs
In office
19 August 2001 – 2 November 2004
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byHossein Kamali
Succeeded byNasser Khaleghi
Personal details
Born1954 (age 66–67)
Izeh, Iran
NationalityIranian
Political partyIslamic Iran Participation Front
ChildrenFatemeh
Alma materShiraz University
University of Saskatchewan

Early life and education

Hosseini was born in 1954.[2] His family are from the province of Khuzestan.[2] He holds a bachelor's degree in agriculture from Shiraz University and also, received a PhD in the same field from University of Saskatchewan of Canada.[2]

Career

Hosseini was the minister of labour and social affairs in the cabinet of the president Mohammad Khatami from 2001 to 2004.[2] Then he served as the minister of economy and finance affairs in the same cabinet. He was appointed in 2004, replacing Tahmasb Mazaheri in the post.[2] Hosseini was replaced by Davoud Danesh-Jafari on 24 August 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president.

Personal life

His daughter, Fatemeh Hosseini, is the youngest member of Parliament of Iran.[3]

Controversy

In 2016, while serving as the head of National Development Fund of Iran, it was leaked that Hosseini received more than $23,000 per month (dozens of times what the lowest-paid government workers earn).[4] As a result of the scandal, Safdar Hosseini and his colleagues at the board of the Fund were forced to resign from the office.[5]

References
  1. چرا طیب‌نیا به معارفه صفدر حسینی نرفت؟
  2. "Shuffling the Surgeon of Iran's Economy". Iran International (29). May 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. "لیست انتخاباتی اصلاح‌طلبان در تهران + جدول سوابق". Iranian Labour News Agency (in Persian). 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-iran-salaries-20160713-snap-story.html. Retrieved 13 January 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Salary scandal forces resignations at Iranian banks". Financial Times. Retrieved 2 February 2019.


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