Mohsen Rezaee
Iranian politician and senior military officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohsen Rezaee (Persian: محسن رضایی, born Sabzevar Rezaee Mirgha'ed (Persian: سبزوار رضایی میرقائد) on 1 September 1954) is an Iranian conservative politician affiliated with the Resistance Front of Islamic Iran[2] and senior military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, secretary of the Supreme Council for Economic Coordination [fa], as well as the secretary of the Iranian government's Economic Committee.[3] He was secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council from 1997 to 2021 and Vice President of Iran for Economic Affairs between 2021 and 2023.
Mohsen Rezaee | |
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Nickname(s) | Haj Mohsen[1] |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
Years of service | 1980–1997; 2015–present[2] |
Rank | Major general |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Awards | Order of Fath (1st class) (3 times) |
Website | rezaee |
Vice President of Iran for Economic Affairs | |
In office 25 August 2021 – 11 June 2023 | |
President | Ebrahim Raisi |
Preceded by | Mohammad Nahavandian |
Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
Assumed office 9 September 1997 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council | |
In office 9 September 1997 – 19 September 2021 | |
Appointed by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
Preceded by | Hassan Habibi |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr |
Personal details | |
Born | Sabzevar Rezaei Mirgha'ed (1954-09-01) 1 September 1954 (age 69) Masjed Soleyman, Khuzestan Province, Imperial State of Iran |
Political party | Resistance Front of Islamic Iran (Spiritual leader) |
Other political affiliations | Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (1979–1980) |
Spouse |
Masoumeh Khadang (m. 1974) |
Children | 5, including Ahmad |
Alma mater | |
Signature | |
From 1980 to 1997, Rezaee was commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Before the Iranian Revolution, Rezaee was a member of the Islamist guerilla rebel group Mansouroun and joined the Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization following the revolution.[4]
Dubbed a "perennial candidate",[5] Rezaee ran as a conservative presidential candidate in the 2009 elections,[6] coming third with 1.7 percent of the vote, behind winner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and reformist runner-up Mir-Hossein Mousavi.[7] He was also a candidate in 2013 presidential election and received 3,884,412 votes. He ranked fourth behind winner Hassan Rouhani, runner-up Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Saeed Jalili.
In the 2021 election, Rezaee was the runner-up to the winner Ebrahim Raisi, who came victorious from the first round, garnering 3.4 million votes, slightly lower than his 2013 tally.