Mohsen Qomi
Mohsen Qomi محسن قمی | |
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| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| Assumed office 23 February 1999 | |
| Constituency | Tehran province |
| Majority | 2,229,759 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohsen Qomi 1960 Pakdasht |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Islamic Coalition Party Combatant Clergy Association |
| Website | Official website |
Mohsen Qomi (Persian: محسن قمی) is an Iranian cleric, conservative politician and a member of the Assembly of Experts.
Career
[edit]Qomi is a cleric and has the title of Hojjatal Islam.[1] He is a member of the board of trustees of the Islamic Coalition Society.[2] In 2016, he joined Combatant Clergy Association.[3]
He has been a member of the Assembly of Experts, representing Tehran.[4] He was also elected to the fourth assembly in 2011, again representing Tehran.[5][6]
Until his resignation in January 2006 Qomi was the director of the Supreme Leader Khamanei's representative office in the Iranian universities.[7] The same date he was named a member to the high council of cultural revolution and also the council of the representative office in the Iranian universities.[7] He has also been serving as the deputy head of the Supreme Leader's office on international affairs and communications.[8]
In late July 2013, the Mehr news agency reported that he was the only candidate for the intelligence minister at the cabinet of newly-elect president Hassan Rouhani.[1] However, not Qomi but Mahmoud Alavi was nominated for the post on 4 August.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Iran News Round Up 29 July 2013". Iran News Tracker. 29 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Paola Rivetti (February 2012). "Student movements in the Islamic Republic: Shaping Iran's politics through the campus". In Rouzbeh Parsi (ed.). Iran: A revolutionary republic in transition (Chaillot Papers). Paris: e Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).
- ^ "عضو جدید جامعه روحانیت مبارز معارفه شدند" (in Persian). Islamic Republic News Agency. 23 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Islamic Republic of Iran Members of Assembly of Experts". Iran Online. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Jesse, Eric (August 2011). "Forecasting the Future of Iran" (PhD Thesis). Santa Monica: e Pardee RAND Graduate School. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Iran Assembly of Experts' election results announced". Iran Focus. 18 December 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Leader Appoints New Director of Representative Office in Universities". AhlulBayt. 10 January 2006. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "What the Iranian Papers Suggest". Nasim Online. 24 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ "Hassan Rouhani's New List of Ministers Unveiled". Haberler. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.