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Mahmoud Alavi

Mahmoud Alavi
Mahmoud Alavi at Bushehr.jpg
Minister of Intelligence
Assumed office
15 August 2013
President Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by Heydar Moslehi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
13 June 2009
Constituency Tehran Province
Majority 1,706,855 (37.92%)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1992 – 27 May 2000
Constituency Lamerd
Majority 45,876 (63%)
In office
17 September 1981 – 27 May 1988
Constituency Larestan
Majority 39,006 (62%)
Personal details
Born (1954-05-04) 4 May 1954 (age 62)
Lamerd, Fars province, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Resistance Front of Islamic Iran
Children Mohsen
Alma mater Ferdowsi University
Religion Islam
Signature
Website Official website
Military service
Allegiance  Iran
Service/branch Seal of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army.svg Army
Years of service 2000–2009
Commands Ideological−Political Organization

Mahmoud Alavi (Persian: محمود علوی‎‎; born 4 May 1954) is an Iranian cleric, politician and the minister of intelligence in Hassan Rouhani's government.

Alavi was born in Lamerd, Fars province, in 1954. He holds a PhD in Islamic jurisprudence and law from Ferdowsi University in Mashad.

Alavi is a cleric and a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence. He holds the religious rank of Hojjatoleslam. He is the former head of the political and ideological body of the Iranian Army to which he was appointed by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Alavi served in the post from 2000 to August 2009. In addition, Alavi was Khamenei's special representative in the army until August 2009. He also assumed the post of deputy defense minister.

He served at the Majlis as Tehran representative for four terms during the terms of former presidents Rafsanjani and Khatami. He ran for office in the list of Resistance Front of the Islamic Revolution led by Mohsen Rezaee in the 2012 election. However, Alavi's nomination was rejected by the Guardian Council on the grounds that he did not have "practical commitment to Islam and the regime."

He is a member of the Assembly of Experts. He served as Hasan Rouhani’s liaison officer for the city of Qom and the institutions there in the 2013 presidential elections. Alavi was designated as intelligence minister by Rouhani on 4 August 2013. He was approved for the post on 15 August by the Majlis with 227 Yes votes.


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