Rostam Ghasemi

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Rostam Ghasemi
File:رستم قاسمی.jpg
Minister of Petroleum
In office
3 August 2011 – 15 August 2013
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by Masoud Mir Kazemi
Succeeded by Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
Personal details
Born (1964-05-05) 5 May 1964 (age 60)
Sargah, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Alma mater Aryamehr University
Awards Order of Khedmat.png Order of Service (2nd class)[1]
Military service
Allegiance IRGC-Seal.svg Revolutionary Guards
Years of service 1981–2011
Rank 18px Brigadier general
Commands Khatam-al Anbiya Headquarter
Battles/wars Iran-Iraq War

Rostam Ghasemi (Persian: رستم قاسمی, born 5 May 1964) is an Iranian military officer and politician who was minister of petroleum from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013.[2]

Early life and education

Ghasemi was born on 5 May 1964 in Sargah village, Shiraz, Fars Province.[3][4] His father was a businessman and politician, and served as the governor of the Fars Province from 1980 to 1988. He graduated from Sharif University of Technology, studying in civil engineering.[5]

Career

Ghasemi joined the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) in Kharg Island in 1979.[3] He participated in the Iran-Iraq War.[6] After the war, he joined the Khatam Anbia troops in Bushehr, the Guards' engineering and construction company.[7] In 1996, he was named head of the IRGC navy's Nouh base.[3] Ghasemi became deputy commander of the troops in 2001.

He was elected as a member of the Parliament from his country of birth, Iran, in the legislative election of 1988. He was reelected in 1992 and 1996. He was the chair of the IRGC-affiliated Khatam-ol Anbiya Construction Headquarters from 2007 to 2011.[6] He retired from the military in August 2011.

On 26 July 2011, he was nominated as oil minister by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to succeed Masoud Mir Kazemi.[8] He was approved by the parliament on 3 August 2011, being the fourth oil minister in the Ahmedinejad government.[9] He received 216 for votes of the 246 Majlis members.[3] He was the president of the OPEC for 2011.[10] Ghasemi's tenure as oil minister ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in the post.[6] Shortly after leaving office Ghasemi was appointed advisor to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan on 22 August.[6][11]

Sanctions

Ghasemi was included in the EU sanction list.[12]

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Petroleum
2011–2013		 Succeeded by
Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
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  4. ↑ Biography of Rostam Ghasemi Hamshahri Online
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  7. ↑ UPDATE 2-Iran parliament makes military man oil minister| Reuters, 3 August 2011
  8. ↑ Four new minister was nominated to Majlis
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  10. ↑ Iran revolutionary guards commander becomes new president of Opec, Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian, 3 August 2011
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