Mohammad Hossein Jalali (Persian: محمدحسین جلالی) is an Iranian military official who served as minister of defense.
Mohammad Hossein Jalali | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Rank | Brigadier general |
| Commands | |
| Battles / wars | Iran–Iraq War |
| Awards |  Order of Nasr |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 28 October 1985 – 29 August 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Akbar Torkan |
Career
editJalali was appointed minister of defense in October 1985 to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi.[1][2] He replaced Mohammad Salimi as defense minister.[1] Jalali was in office until August 1989.
Jalali was a brigadier general and the commander of the Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was appointed to this post in January 1992, replacing Hossein Dehghan.[3] In November 1997, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf replaced Jalali as commander of the air wing of the IRGC. Then Jalali was appointed by Ali Khamenei as deputy chief of staff of the armed forces for logistics, research and industry.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Sepehr Zabir (2012). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). Vol. 36. London; New York: Routledge. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-136-81270-5.
- ^ Bahman Baktiari (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6.
- ^ Anthony H. Cordesman (September 1994). "Iran's Military Forces: 1988-1993" (PDF). Center for Strategic and International Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Iran Names new Revolutionary Guards air force head". Farsi Net. Reuters. 31 October 1997. Retrieved 17 February 2013.