Hojjatoleslam Sayyid Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati ( fa, سید محمد علی شهیدی محلاتی) was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as Director of

Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs The Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs ( fa, بنیاد شهید و امور ایثارگران ''Bonyad Shahid va Omur-e Ithargaran'') is an Iranian foundation that receives its funding directly from the national budget. Amir-Hossein Ghaz ...

from 2013 to 2020. In 2009, former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, established the post of Chief Inspector, and put Shahidi as the first leader. However he was replaced on the July 20, 2011. He was brother-in-law of

Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri ( fa, علی‌اکبر ناطق‌نوری; sometimes spelt Nategh-Nouri, born 6 October 1944) is an Iranian politician, who served as the Chairman of the Parliament of Iran from 1992 to 2000. He was also the Minister of ...

and Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi.

Early life

Mohammad Ali Shahidi was born on July 9, 1949, in

Mahallat Mahallat ( fa, محلات, also Romanized as Maḩallāt; also known as Mahallāt Bāla and Maḩallāt-e Bālā) is the capital of Mahallat County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, the city had population of 35,31910,285 families. ...

, Iran. He began his early life, studying in the

Hawza A hawza ( ar, حوزة) or ḥawzah ʿilmīyah ( ar, حوزة علمیة) is a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated. The word ''ḥawzah'' is found in Arabic as well as the Persian language. In Arabic, the word means "to hold s ...

, and has earned the rank of Hojjatoleslam, and equivalent of a master's degree. It is known that he came to know

Iranian President The president of Iran ( fa, رئیس‌جمهور ایران, Rayis Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The president is the second highest-ranking official of Iran after the Supreme Leader. The president ...

, Hassan Rouhani, from the years at the

Parliament

Shahidi Mahallati was elected as a part of the Parliament of Iran on 2 May 1988. He served for one term, with the term ending on 3 May 1992. It is interesting to say that Shahidi Mahallati was in the parliament, at the same period as Hassan Rouhani. At that term, Shahidi Mahallati's brother in law, was the head of the parliament.

Foreign Ministry

During former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first term, Mahallati was put as the Deputy Foreign Minister for consular affairs, by the Foreign Minister of the time, Manoucher Mottaki.

References

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