Masoud Soltanifar ( fa, مسعود سلطانیفر, born 5 February 1960 in
Tehran
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, Iran) is an
Iran
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ian politician, historian and the former
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from 1 November 2016 to 25 August 2021. He was previously
Vice President of Iran
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and head of
.
He is the former member of
City Council of Tehran
The Islamic City Council of Tehran ( fa, شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the Mu ...
and Governor of
Gilan Province. He was previously deputy head of
Physical Education Organization
The Physical Education Organization was an effort by the Government of Iran to promote the development of athletics and sporting activities of Iran. It was dissolved in late 2010 and its responsibilities transferred to the Ministry of Sport and Y ...
and
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. ...
's candidate for
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
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, a nomination that rejected by the
parliament
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. In October 2016, he was again nominated for the position and was approved by the new parliament. He is a member of
National Trust Party, as well as
Moderation and Development Party
Moderation and Development Party ( fa, حزب اعتدال و توسعه, Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh) is a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002.
Platform
The party is part of t ...
.
References
External links
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20th-century Iranian historians
1960 births
Living people
National Trust Party (Iran) politicians
Moderation and Development Party politicians
Heads of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization
Tehran Councillors 2013–2017