Mohammad Saeedikia (Persian: محمد سعیدیکیا) (born 1946) is an Iranian politician who was the former head of
Mostazafan Foundation (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled), from 2014 to 2019. He served as a government minister in different cabinets last of which was
minister of housing and urban development from 2005 to 2009.
Early life and education
Saeedikia was born in
Isfahan
Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...
in 1946.
[ Then he obtained a master's degree in civil engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in ]Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
.[
]
Career
Saeedikia was the chairman of the urban planning and development corporation.[ Next he became deputy chief of the economic branch of the foundation of deprived.][ Later he served in most of the cabinets formed since the ]Islamic Revolution
The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Im ...
in 1979. His first cabinet post was the minister of roads and transportation. He held this post first in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi
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from 1985 to 1989. He held the same post in the cabinet of President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani (25 August 19348 January 2017) was an Iranian cleric, politician and writer who served as the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. One of the founding fathers of the Government of Iran, Islamic Republic, ...
from 1989 to 1993. On 29 August 1989, Saeedikia was approved by the Majlis
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with 195 for and 43 against votes. His tenure ended in 1993.
When Mohammad Khatami
Mohammad Khatami (born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to 1992. Later, he was critic ...
became president in 1997, Saeedikia was named minister of construction. He was in office from 1997 to 2000.[
On 24 August 2005 President ]Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (born Mahmoud Sabbaghian on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian Iranian principlists, principlist and Iranian nationalism, nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He is currently a mem ...
appointed him the minister of housing and urban development. Saeedikia won the highest for votes at the Majlis, being given 222 votes for by 284 majlis members.[ He also served as the head of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development from May 2008 to August 2009.][ In January 2010, he was appointed deputy head of the Pars Oil Company.
He was head of the Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled), the second-largest commercial enterprise in Iran (behind the state-owned ]National Iranian Oil Company
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC; ) is a government-owned national oil and natural gas producer and distributor under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. NIOC was established in 1951 and restructured under The Consorti ...
) and biggest holding company
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in the Middle East, between years of 2014 to 2019.
Candidacy for 2013 elections
Saeedikia was the first officially announced candidate for the 2013 presidential election in Iran.dark horse
A dark horse is a previously lesser-known person, team or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, that is unlikely to succeed but has a fighting chance, unlike the underdog who is exp ...
candidates. His nomination was rejected by Guardian Council
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The constitution ...
on 21 May 2013.
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20th-century Iranian engineers
1946 births
Amirkabir University of Technology alumni
Government ministers of Iran
Impeached Iranian officials
Iranian civil engineers
Living people
Politicians from Isfahan