Mohammad Salimi ( fa, محمد سلیمی; 1937 – 2016) was an Iranian military who served as the 6th
Minister of Defense
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
in November 1981 to August 1984 and the commander of the
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
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in 2000 to 2005.
Early life
Salimi 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 1937.
Career
Salimi was the
defense minister
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...
in the cabinet of
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh ( fa, میرحسین موسوی خامنه, Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the forty-ninth and last Prime Minister of Ira ...
, replacing
Javad Fakoori
Javad Fakoori ( fa, جواد فکوری, 3 January 1936 – 29 September 1981) was a prominent military figure who served as the 4th defence minister of Iran in September 1980 to August 1981.
Career
Fakoori was a commander of the Islamic Republ ...
.
He was in office from 1981 to August 1984.
He was succeeded by
Mohammad Hossein Jalali as defense minister.
[
Although Salimi retired, he was appointed commander-in-chief in May 2000, replacing ]Ali Shahbazi
Ali Shahbazi ( fa, علی شهبازی) is the former commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army.
Career
Shahbazi was appointed by Rafsanjani as the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Joint Staff on 7 May 1988. Shahbazi was the first comma ...
.[ He was succeeded by Major General ]Ataollah Salehi
Ataollah Salehi ( fa, عطاءالله صالحی; born 9 March 1950) is the former and third commander-in-chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, serving from 2005 until 2017. He graduated before the Islamic Revolution from the Iranian Arm ...
as the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army.[ Then Salimi was named as ]Ali Khamenei
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنهای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...
's military advisor on the same date.[
]
See also
* List of Iranian two-star generals since 1979
There are currently 12 two-star officers in the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran: four with the regular army (''Artesh'') background, seven who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and one with both backgrounds.
Although t ...
References
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1937 births
2016 deaths
Defence ministers of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Army major generals
Commander-in-Chiefs of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Islamic Republic of Iran Army personnel of the Iran–Iraq War
People from Mashhad