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Minister of Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergenc ...

, term_start = 22 July 1998 , term_end = 24 August 2005 , president = Mohammad Khatami , predecessor = Mostafa Tajzadeh (acting) , successor =

Mostafa Pourmohammadi Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi ( fa, مصطفی پورمحمدی; born 9 March 1960, Qom) is an Iranian politician and prosecutor, who has served at different positions and cabinet posts. He was minister of interior from 2005 to 2008 and minister of jus ...

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Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

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Association of Combatant Clerics The Association of Combatant Clerics ( fa, مجمع روحانیون مبارز, ''Majma'-e rowhāniyūn-e mobārez'') is an Iranian reformist clerical political party. It is regarded as a left-wing party within the Iranian political spectrum. H ...

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Vice President of Iran The vice president of Iran ( fa, معاون رئیس‌جمهور ایران) is defined by article 124 of the Constitution of Iran, as anyone appointed by the president of Iran to lead an organization related to presidential affairs. , there are ...

for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs , term_start2 = 29 August 1997 , term_end2 = 22 July 1998 , president2 = Mohammad Khatami , predecessor2 =

Ata'ollah Mohajerani Sayyid Ata'ollah Mohajerani ( fa, سید عطاءالله مهاجرانی, also Romanized as Atā'ollāh Mohājerāni; born 24 July 1954) is an Iranian journalist, author, and reformist politician. Mohajerani served as Minister of Culture and Is ...

, successor2 = Mohammad-Ali Abtahi Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari fa, عبدالواحد موسوی لاری (; born 1954) is an Iranian Shia cleric and

reformist Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can ...

politician. He was the interior minister during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami.

Early life

Mousavi Lari was born in

Mohr, Fars Mohr ( fa, مهر, also Romanized as Mehr; also known as Mohur, Mūr, and Mohur-i- Saiyidān) is a city and capital of Mohr County, in Fars Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, i ...

in 1954.

Career

In August 1997, when Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran, Lari was appointed vice president for legal and parliamentary affairs. However, following the impeachment of

Abdollah Nouri Abdollah Noori ( fa, عبدالله نوری ) is an Iranian cleric and reformist politician. Despite his "long history of service to the Islamic Republic," he became the most senior Islamic politician to be sentenced to prison since the Iranian ...

by the Parliament, he was nominated by Khatami as minister of interior and the Parliament voted to him. He was in office until 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president and nominated

Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi ( fa, مصطفی پورمحمدی; born 9 March 1960, Qom) is an Iranian politician and prosecutor, who has served at different positions and cabinet posts. He was minister of interior from 2005 to 2008 and minister of just ...

as interior minister. Lari is a leading member of the Association of Combatant Clerics party.

References

1954 births Living people Interior Ministers of Iran People from Fars Province Association of Combatant Clerics politicians Members of the Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking Vice Presidents of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs {{Iran-politician-stub