Hamid Chitchian
Hamid Chitchian | |
|---|---|
Iranian Parliament | |
| In office 28 May 1988 – 28 May 1992 | |
| Constituency | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr |
| Majority | 308,485 (40.10%)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hamid Chitchian 21 March 1957 Iran-Iraq War |
Hamid Chitchian (Persian: حمید چیتچیان, born 21 March 1957) is an Iranian politician and the former intelligence head. He had been energy minister of Iran from 15 August 2013 until 20 August 2017.[2]
Early life
Chitchian was born in
Career
Chitchian joined the
Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.[5]At the same period he was a member of the managerial board of the Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) and the Energy Organization.[5] He was also one of the senior advisors to Ahmedinejad.[7]
He was nominated as energy minister by
first Rouhani government
.
Views
Chitchian is a moderate technocratic with a
neoliberal economic view.[10]
References
- ^ "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ حمید چیتچیان وزیر نیرو شد Bargh News (Persian). Retrieved 29 November 2013
- ^ Ali Alfoneh (5 August 2013). "All the President's Men: Rouhani's Cabinet" (Policy Brief). Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "اقتصاد > انرژی". Hamshahri Online. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Iran's newly elected president nominates cabinet". CNN. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "President Hassan Rouhani's pragmatic conservative, security-intelligence-oriented Cabinet nominations". Iran Politik. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Iran politics: Rowhani takes a centre line in his cabinet nominees". ViewsWire. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "15 of 18 Proposed Iranian Cabinet Ministers Devoted by Parliament". Mojnews. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Iranian Parliament Rejects Three of Rohani's Proposed Ministers". Payvand. Radio Zamaneh. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ Mustafa Labbad (12 August 2013). "Rouhani's New Government Reveals its Biases Early". As Safir. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
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