Majid Namjoo ( fa, مجيد نامجو) is an Iranian politician who was the minister of energy in second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Early life

Namjoo was born in Tehran on 5 January 1963.

Career

Namjoo was a member of Kerman city Council from 2001 to 2008 and became deputy minister of energy in February 2008. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nominated Namjoo as minister of energy in August 2009 and he was approved by the Majlis as the minister with 210 out of 290 votes. Namjoo's tenure ended on 15 August 2013 and he was replaced by

Hamid Chitchian Hamid Chitchian ( fa, حمید چیت‌چیان, born 21 March 1957) is an Iranian politician and the former intelligence head. He had been energy minister of Iran from 15 August 2013 until 20 August 2017. Early life Chitchian was born in Tabr ...

in the post.

Sanctions

Namjoo was put by the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

into the sanction list due to his connection to

Iran's nuclear program The nuclear program of Iran is an ongoing scientific effort by Iran to research nuclear technology that can be used to make nuclear weapons. Iran has several research sites, two uranium mines, a research reactor, and uranium processing facili ...

on 16 October 2012.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Namjoo, Majid 1962 births Living people Government ministers of Iran Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces politicians Impeached Iranian officials People from Kerman Province