Amin Hossein Rahimi (born 1968) is an Iranian politician. He served in the

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from 2008 and to 2012 and has been the

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since 25 August 2021.

Biography

Rahimi was born in

Malayer Malayer ( fa, ملایر, Malāyer), formerly Dowlatabad ( fa, دولت‌آباد, Doulatābād, also Romanized as Dowlatābād and Daūlatābād), is a city and capital of Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its populati ...

, Hamadan Province, in 1968. He was a

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member of the Majlis for Malayer in the eighth term between 2008 and 2012. Then he served as chief

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in the Iranian Court of Audit. He was nominated as the minister of justice by

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 i ...

Ebrahim Raisi Sayyid Ebrahim Raisolsadati ( fa, سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی; born 14 December 1960), commonly known as Ebrahim Raisi ( fa, ابراهیم رئیسی ), is an Iranian principlist politician, Muslim jurist, and the eighth ...

on 11 August 2021. His nomination was confirmed by the majlis on 25 August with 277 votes in favor which was the highest one given for Raisi's nominees.

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* 21st-century Iranian politicians 1968 births Living people Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly Ministers of Justice of Iran People from Malayer {{Iran-politician-stub