Ali Rabei ( fa, علی ربیعی, born 6 December 1955), also known by his nickname, Ebad, is an Iranian politician and former

intelligence officer An intelligence officer is a person employed by an organization to collect, compile or analyze information (known as intelligence) which is of use to that organization. The word of ''officer'' is a working title, not a rank, used in the same way a ...

. He served as the

Minister of Labor Minister of Labour (in British English) or Labor (in American English) is typically a cabinet-level position with portfolio responsibility for setting national labour standards, labour dispute mechanisms, employment, workforce participation, traini ...

from 2013 to 2018. He was an adviser to the former President

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

from 1997 to 2005. On 4 August 2013, he was nominated as Minister of Labor to the incumbent cabinet by

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

. He is also a professor at the

Payame Noor University Payame Noor University (PNU; Persian: Dāneŝgāhe Payāme Nur) is a large public university in Iran, with its headquarters in Tehran. Established in 1988, is a legal body under the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology. ''Payame Noor'' m ...

Early life and education

Ali Rabei was born on 6 December 1955 in Javadieh,

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. He graduated from the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...

with a degree in state management in the 1970s and became a technician at the

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factory in Tehran. He was arrested by

SAVAK SAVAK ( fa, ساواک, abbreviation for ''Sâzemân-e Ettelâ'ât va Amniat-e Kešvar'', ) was the secret police, domestic security and intelligence service in Iran during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty. SAVAK operated from 1957 until prime ...

in a labor strike in

Ekbatan Ekbatan Town ( fa, شهرک اکباتان, ) is a planned town in western Tehran, Iran. It is located approximately five kilometers west of central Tehran. Etymology The town is named after Ecbatana, the capital city of the ancient Median Empir ...

Political career

Following the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

, Rabei became a member of the

Islamic Republican Party The Islamic Republican Party (IRP; fa, حزب جمهوری اسلامی, Ḥezb-e Jomhūrī-e Eslāmī, also translated Islamic Republic Party) formed in 1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran. ...

and its labor branch head. Then, he was appointed by then Prime Minister

Mehdi Bazargan Mehdi Bazargan ( fa, مهدی بازرگان; 1 September 1907 – 20 January 1995) was an Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government. He was appointed prime minister in February 1979 by Ay ...

as a member of labor law codification, a membership he held until the present. He is one of the closest people to

. After Khatami's election, Rabei was one of his advisors for social affairs. He was also Khatami's representative at the Ministry of Intelligence in 2001. He was also the head of the Presidential Secretariat and executive committee and Homeland Security Committee Propaganda of

Supreme National Security Council Supreme National Security Council (SNSC; fa, شورای عالی امنیت ملی ''Showrāye Āliye Amniyate Mellī'' also ''Supreme Council for National Security'') is the national security council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the current ...

under

from 2002 to 2005. After the election of Rouhani as president, he was nominated for the

. He was confirmed by the

parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

on 15 August 2013.

Works

*“Sociological changes in value in Iran”, 1993 *“Sociology, political corruption in the third world countries”, 1996 *“National Security Studies”, 1997 *“The crux of the civil administration”, 1998 *“Knowledge management in organizations”, 2001 *“Knowledge management processes and procedures”, 2008 *“Risk and Crisis Management”, 2013

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rabiei, Ali 1955 births Living people Iranian sociologists People from Tehran Deputies of the Ministry of Intelligence (Iran) Government ministers of Iran Islamic Labour Party politicians Worker House members Presidential advisers of Iran Islamic Republican Party politicians Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers Impeached Iranian officials Payame Noor University faculty