Mehdi Ghazanfari

Mehdi Ghazanfari
Minister of Industries and Business
In office 3 August 2011 – 15 August 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Himself (Commerce) Ali Akbar Mehrabian (Industries and Mines)
Succeeded by	Mohammadreza Nematzadeh
Minister of Commerce
In office 9 August 2009 – 3 August 2011
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Masoud Mir Kazemi
Succeeded by	Himself (Industries and Business)
Personal details
Born	(1960-11-16) November 16, 1960 Lorestan, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Awards	Order of Service (2nd class)[1]

Mehdi Ghazanfari (Persian: مهدی غضنفری, born 16 November 1960) is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Industries and Business from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013^[2] and Minister of Commerce in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 9 August 2009 to 3 August 2011.^[3]

References

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 (2009–2013) 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 Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2005–2009) Ahmad Vahidi (2009–2013) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Davoud Danesh-Jafari (2005–2008) Shamseddin Hosseini (2008–2013) Minister of Education Mahmoud Farshidi (2005–2007) Alireza Ali-Ahmadi (2007–2009) 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 (2009–2013) Hassan Tarighat Monfared (2013) Minister of Industries and Mines Alireza Tahmasbi (2005–2007) Aliakbar Mehrabian (2007–2011) Minister of Intelligence Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i (2005–2009) Heydar Moslehi (2009–2013) Minister of Interior Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (2005–2008) Ali Kordan (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 (2005–2007) Gholam-Hossein Nozari (2007–2009) Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2009–2011) Rostam Ghasemi (2011–2013) Minister of Roads and Transportation Mohammad Rahmati (2005–2008) Hamid Behbahani (2008–2011) 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 Parviz Kazemi (2005) Abdulreza Mesri (2005–2009) 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 Transportation and Housing Ali Nikzad (2011–2013)
Cabinet-level First Vice President Parviz Davoodi (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009) Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (2009–2013) Chief of Staff Gholam-Hossein Elham (2005–2006) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012–2013) 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 Baqai (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 (2009–2007) 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 Saeidlou (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 Lotfollah Forouzandeh (?–2012) Ebrahim Azizi (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation Parviz Davoodi (2005–2006) Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh (2006–2009) Nasrin Soltankhah (2009–2013) Vice President and Head of National Youth Organization Javad Haj Aliakbari (2005–2009) Mehrdad Bazrpash (2009–2010) Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Maryam Mojtahedzadeh (2013) Vice President for Executive Affairs Hamid Baqai (2011–2013)
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