Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Rahmani Fazli in September 2016
Minister of Interior
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
President of the Supreme Audit Court
In office 2 July 2008 – 15 August 2013
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
Succeeded by	Amin Hosseini (Acting)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 4 May 1992 – 3 May 1996
Constituency	Shirvan
Majority	57,947 (53.50%)
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 57–58) Shirvan, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Tarbiat Modares University
Religion	Islam
Signature
Website	Governmental website

Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (Persian: عبدالرضا رحمانی فضلی‎‎; born 1959) is an Iranian politician, government official and interior minister of Hassan Rouhani's government. He was the president of Supreme Audit Court from 2008 to 2013.

Fazli was born in Shirvan in 1959. He is a graduate of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. He also received a PhD in geography from Tarbiat Modarres University.

Fazli served in different positions, including the head of the planning department, member of parliament, deputy chairman of Iranian National TV and Radio, deputy head of economic and international affairs at the ministry of interior. He was appointed secretary and deputy head of the Supreme National Security Council in October 2005. He was deputy of Ali Larijani in charge of the cultural, social and media affairs during the first presidential term of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Fazli resigned from post in November 2007 one month after the appointment of Saeed Jalili as the head of the council.

In July 2008, Fazli was appointed as the president of the Supreme Audit Court. He was reappointed to the post in July 2012 for further four years.

In late July 2013, the Mehr news agency reported that Fazli is the only candidate for interior minister at the cabinet of President Hassan Rouhani. Fazli was nominated by Rouhani for the post on 4 August. He was confirmed by the Parliament on 15 August, replacing Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in the post. Fazli was given 256 for votes and 19 against votes, while 9 members of the Parliament did not attend the session. On 24 August 2013 President Rouhani additionally appointed Fazli Secretary General of Drug Control Headquarters.