Javad Owji ( fa, جواد اوجی; born 24 July 1966) is an Iranian oil engineer and politician who has been serving as the minister of oil since 25 August 2021.

Early life and education

Owji was born in

Mashhad Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...

in 1966. He received a bachelor's degree in oil engineering from

Petroleum University of Technology The Petroleum University of Technology ( fa, دانشگاه صنعت نفت) is an Iranian public university funded by the Ministry of Petroleum particularly by its main company, the NIOC. It was founded in 1939 in Abadan in response to the inc ...

Ahwaz Ahvaz ( fa, اهواز, Ahvâz ) is a city in the southwest of Iran and the capital of Khuzestan province. Ahvaz's population is about 1,300,000 and its built-up area with the nearby town of Sheybani is home to 1,136,989 inhabitants. It is home ...

Career

From 1980 Owji worked in the oil-related public offices. He was the deputy oil minister and the head of the

National Iranian Gas Company The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) was established in 1965 as one of the four principal company, companies affiliated to the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran, Ministry of Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Iran with 25,000 million Iranian ...

from 2009 to 2013 during the last term of

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ( fa, محمود احمدی‌نژاد, Mahmūd Ahmadīnežād ), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian ( fa, محمود صباغیان, Mahmoud Sabbāghyān, 28 October 1956),

. He also served in various oil-related posts, including chairman of the board of supervision of production and gas refineries and vice chairman of Petro Mofid Oil and Gas Development Holding. Owji was nominated by President Ebrahim Raisi as oil minister on 11 August 2021. On 25 August Owji was confirmed by the

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with 198 to 70 with 18 abstentions. He succeeded

Bijan Namdar Zangeneh Bijan Namdar Zangeneh ( fa, بيژن نامدار زنگنه; born 21 September 1952) is an Iranian politician, who served as minister, at different cabinets after the Islamic Revolution, for 30 years. He lately served as Minister of Petroleum f ...

in the post.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Owji, Javad 20th-century Iranian engineers 21st-century Iranian engineers 21st-century Iranian politicians 1966 births Directors of the National Iranian Oil Company Living people Oil ministers of Iran People from Mashhad Petroleum University of Technology alumni Petroleum engineers