Issa Kalantari

Isa Kalantari


Minister of Agriculture
In office 19 August 1989 – 8 August 1998
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Abbas Ali Zali
Succeeded by	Mohammad Saeedikia
Personal details
Born	Isa Kalantari 1952 (age 64–65) Marand, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Executives of Construction Party
Alma mater	Urmia University University of Nebraska system Iowa State University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Agricultural engineer
Religion	Shia Islam

Isa Kalantari (Persian: عیسی کلانتری‎‎, born 1952 in Marand, East Azerbaijan) served as minister of agriculture in both terms of Rafsanjani's presidency and first term of president Mohammad Khatami. He has a BSc degree of agriculture from Urmia University, MSc of Physiology-Biochemistry from Iowa State University, and PhD in agricultural physiology from University of Nebraska. He is a member of the Center for Strategic Research in the Expediency Discernment Council.