Sadegh Mahsouli
Sadegh Mahsouli | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Welfare and Social Security | |
| In office 15 November 2009 – 3 August 2011 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Abdolreza Mesri |
| Succeeded by | Reza Sheykholeslam (Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare) |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 24 December 2008 – 3 September 2009 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Kamran Daneshjoo (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Mostafa Mohammad Najjar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 9, 1959 Urmia, Iran |
| Political party | Front of Islamic Revolution Stability |
| Other political affiliations | Coalition of the Pleasant Scent of Servitude |
| Alma mater | Iran University of Science and Technology |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Branch/service | Revolutionary Guards |
| Commands | 6th Special Division |
| Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Sadegh Mahsouli (Persian: صادق محصولی, born 9 March 1959) is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Interior from 2008 to 2009 and Minister of Welfare and Social Security from 2009 to 2011. He was appointed to this post on 19 November 2009 as part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's second cabinet after a Parliamentary vote. From 24 March 2008 to 9 August 2009, he was Minister of Interior of Ahmadinejad's first cabinet. He was succeeded Ali Kordan who was impeached by Parliament in November 2008.
Mahsouli withdrew his nomination once when the president nominated him for the position of oil minister in 2005 after admitting to Iranian parliament that he was worth $160 million.
In 2011, it was announced that the Ministry of Welfare would be merged with the Ministry of Labour, and Mahsouli would be left cabinet after it.
Mahsouli was in charge of the Ministry of Interior when the alleged vote rigging happened in Iran's presidential election in June 2009.