Mohammad Hossein Jalali | |
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Minister of Defense | |
In office October 1985 – 1989 |
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Prime Minister | Mir Hossein Mousavi |
Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (acting) |
Succeeded by | Akbar Torkan |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/branch |
Army Ministry of Defense Revolutionary Guards General Staff |
Rank | Brigadier General |
Commands |
Army Aviation IRGC Air Force |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Awards | Order of Nasr (1st class) |
Mohammad Hossein Jalali is an Iranian military official who served as minister of defense.
Jalali was appointed minister of defense in October 1985 to the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi. He replaced Mohammad Salimi as defense minister. Jalali was in office until 1989.
Jalali was a brigadier general and the commander of the air wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). He was appointed to this post in January 1992, replacing Hossein Dehghan. In November 1997, brigadier general Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf replaced Jalali as commander of the air wing of the IRGC. Then Jalali was appointed by Ali Khamenei as deputy chief of staff of the armed forces for logistics, research and industry.