Gholam Hossein Nozari (; born 1954) is a conservative Iranian politician who served as oil minister from 2007 to 2009. He was nominated secretary general of the

OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC ) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize Profit (eco ...

in June 2012.

Early life and education

Nozari was born in

Kazeroon Kazerun () is a city in the northwest of Fars Province in Iran and the center of Kazerun County. This city has an ancient history, numerous ancient and historical monuments, and numerous tourist attractions. Kazerun is the largest and most p ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, in 1954. He studied petroleum and earth science engineering at

Shahid Chamran University Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz is an Iranian University in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran. By the ISC ranking, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz was 13th largest and top university in Iran in 2015. SCU University is considered one of Iran's "Grade A ...

. He received a master's degree in industrial management from

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

Career

Nozari worked at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC). Then he became a member of the fourth Majlis and acted as deputy chairman of the energy commission. In the fifth Majlis, he was a member of the development commission. He has been a member of the central council of the Islamic Republic Party (South Labor Branch). He also served as the member of ad hoc Majlis committee on budget and chairman of assembly of Fars province deputies. He was appointed managing director of the NIOC in March 2006. He was also appointed deputy oil minister. In August 2007, then oil minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaned was removed by president

Mahmoud Ahmedinejad Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born Mahmoud Sabbaghian on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian principlist and nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Counci ...

and Nozari was appointed acting oil minister. Then Nazari was named as oil minister by Ahmedinejad, and he was in office from 2007 to 2009. His appointment allowed Ahmedinejad to exert much more control over the oil sector in Iran. In June 2012, Iran nominated Nozari for the secretary-general of

References

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