Hamid Chitchian | |
|---|---|
 October 2014 | |
| Minister of Energy | |
| In office 15 August 2013 – 20 August 2017 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Majid Namjoo |
| Succeeded by | Reza Ardakanian |
| Member of the 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 Tabriz, Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Amirkabir University of Technology Tarbiat Modares University |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Branch/service | Revolutionary Guard |
| Years of service | 1980–1988 |
| Battles/wars | 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 Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, around 1957.[3][4]
Career
Chitchian joined the IRGC[5] and is the former head of its intelligence unit in Tabriz.[6] He is the former member of parliament, serving in the third term.[5] He was appointed deputy energy minister for planning and economic affairs and senior advisor to the energy minister during the first term of the President 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 President Hassan Rouhani on 4 August 2013.[5] On 15 August, he was appointed energy minister to the cabinet of Rouhani, receiving 272 votes in favor and seven votes against in the parliament.[8] It was the second highest level of approval after that for Ali Tayebnia who was appointed economy minister.[9] On 1 August 2017, Chitchian announced that he will leave energy ministry after the end of the 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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