Mohammad Soleimani

Mohammad Soleimani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 3 May 2012 – 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	284,452
Communication and Information Technology Minister
In office 22 August 2005 – 21 August 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
Preceded by	Ahmad Motamedi
Succeeded by	Reza Taghipour
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 61–62) Kazerun, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Front of Islamic Revolution Stability
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republic Party
Alma mater	Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University Shiraz University
Religion	Islam

Mohammad Soleimani (born 1954) is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Communication and Information Technology (2005-2009). He is also an electrical engineer and a professor at Iran University of Science and Technology. He was born in Kazerun.

Education

Soleimani was born in Kazerun. He received an BSc in 1978 from Shiraz University in Iran and a MSc in 1981 and a PhD in 1983 in high-frequency electronics from Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University.

Signing of the Asia and Pacific Cooperation Organization Convention

Soleimani met with China's Deputy Prime Minister Huang Ju on 27 October 2005, and signed the convention establishing the Asia and Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO). Iran's first satellite Sinah-1 was launched with help from the Government of Russia from Polstesk space base in Murmansk province in northwestern Russia. Ahmad Talebzadeh, Iran's Aerospace Organization head, also attended the meeting.^[1]

When he returned to Tehran he told reporters, "By placing Iran's Sina-1 (Z-S.4) in its designated orbit, we have practically joined the group of countries enjoying space technology. It was a big achievement."^[2]

World Summit on the Information Society

The 2005 World Summit on the Information Society was held in Tunisia from 16 to 19 November 2005. 12,000 officials from 50 different national governments, the United Nations, and various non-governmental organizations participated. Per Soleimani's wishes, "non-discriminatory access" to information technology was approved.^[3]

References

External links

• Presidency Bio
• Academic credentials

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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