Ali Soufi (Persian: علی صوفی) is an Iranian reformist politician. He held various offices as governors and ministers for three decades during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
Ali Soufi | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Cooperatives | |
| In office 22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Morteza Haji |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Ardakani |
| Governor of Gilan Province | |
| In office 8 February 1998 – 11 August 2001 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Ali-Akbar Tahayi |
| Succeeded by | Ali Bagheri (acting) |
| Governor of Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province | |
| In office 1 October 1989 – 12 September 1993 | |
| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Jami (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Jami (acting) |
| Governor of Bushehr Province | |
| In office 19 March 1986 – 1 October 1989 | |
| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Majidi (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Gholamreza Sahrayian |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Union of Islamic Iran People Party |
| Other political affiliations | Islamic Iran Participation Front[1] |
He is a member of the 'Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking'.[2]
Soufi enrolled to run for parliament in 2008 and 2016 elections but was disqualified by the Guardian Council.[3][4]
References
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- ^ Marie Donovan; Paul Bucala; Caitlin Shayda Pendleton; Ken Hawrey & Alice Naghshineh (6 April 2016), "Iran News Round Up", Critical Threats Project Iran, retrieved 7 April 2017
- ^ "Iran Bans Nearly Third of Candidates from Polls", Middle East Online, 24 January 2008, archived from the original on 30 July 2017, retrieved 7 April 2017
- ^ "Ex-cabinet ministers sign up for Majlis polls", Tehran Times, 23 December 2015, retrieved 7 April 2017
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