Ali Asghar Mounesan

Iranian politician

Ali Asghar Mounesan


Minister of Cultural Heritage
In office 3 September 2019 – 25 August 2021 Acting: 21 August – 3 September 2019
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Ezzatollah Zarghami
Vice President of Iran Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
In office 13 August 2017 – 21 August 2019
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Zahra Ahmadipour
Succeeded by	Position abolished

Personal details
Born	1970 (age 53–54)^[1] Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	Sharif University of Technology^[1] Amirkabir University of Technology
Profession	Civil engineer^[1]

Ali Asghar Mounesan (Persian: علی‌اصغر مونسان) is an Iranian politician and former minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, was appointed on 13 August 2017 by President Hassan Rouhani.^[1]

He was formerly head of the Free Trade Zone in Kish Island,^[1] general manager of the company Atisaz and the general manager of the Engineering and Development Organization of the City of Tehran.^[2] In 2014, he was appointed as a board member of Persepolis F.C.^[2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, he contracted novel coronavirus.^[3] He had recovered from the virus.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "President appoints head of cultural heritage organization", IRNA, 13 August 2017, archived from the original on 20 September 2017, retrieved 15 August 2017
^ ^a ^b "Politics, Revolutionary Guard Corps still interfere in Iranian soccer". Al-Monitor. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
^ "Iran's vice president and two ministers stricken by coronavirus". Al Jazeera English. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Dozens of Iranian Officials Test Positive for Coronavirus". IranWire. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

Cabinet of President Hassan Rouhani (2013–2021)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Javad Zarif (2013–2021)
Minister of Agriculture	Mahmoud Hojjati (2013–2019) Abbas Keshavarz* (2019–2020) Kazem Khavazi (2020–2021)
Minister of Communications and IT	Mahmoud Vaezi (2013–2017) Mohammad Javad Jahromi (2017–2021)
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare	Ali Rabiei (2013–2018) Anoushirvan Mohseni Bandpey* (2018) Mohammad Shariatmadari (2018–2021)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Ali Jannati (2013–2016) Abbas Salehi* (2016) Reza Salehi Amiri (2016–2017) Abbas Salehi (2017–2021)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Hossein Dehghan (2013–2017) Amir Hatami (2017–2021)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Ali Tayebnia (2013–2017) Masoud Karbasian (2017–2018) Rahmatollah Akrami* (2018) Farhad Dejpasand (2018–2021)
Minister of Education	Ali-Asghar Fani (2013–2016) Mohammad Bathaei* (2016) Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani (2016–2017) Mohammad Bathaei (2017–2019) Javad Hosseini* (2019) Mohsen Haji Mirzaei (2019–2021)
Minister of Energy	Hamid Chitchian (2013–2017) Sattar Mahmoudi* (2017) Reza Ardakanian (2017–2021)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Hassan Hashemi (2013–2019) Saeed Namaki (2019–2021)
Minister of Industries, Mines and Business	Mohammadreza Nematzadeh (2013–2017) Mohammad Shariatmadari (2017–2018) Reza Rahmani (2018–2020) Hossein Modarres Khiabani* (2020) Jafar Sarghini* (2020) Ali Reza Razm Hosseini (2020–2021)
Minister of Intelligence	Mahmoud Alavi (2013–2021)
Minister of Interior	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–2021)
Minister of Justice	Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2013–2017) Alireza Avayi (2017–2021)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zangeneh (2013–2021)
Minister of Transportation and Housing	Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (2013–2018) Mohammad Eslami (2018–2021)
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports	Reza Salehi Amiri* (2013) Mohammad Shariatmadari* (2013) Mahmoud Goudarzi (2013–2016) Nasrollah Sajjadi* (2016) Masoud Soltanifar (2016–2021)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Jafar Towfighi* (2013) Reza Farajidana (2013–2014) Mohammad-Ali Najafi* (2014) Mohammad Farhadi (2014–2017) Zia Hashemi* (2017) Mansour Gholami (2017–2021)
Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism	Ali Asghar Mounesan (2019–2021)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Eshaq Jahangiri (2013–2021)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad Nahavandian (2013–2017) Mahmoud Vaezi (2017–2021)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Ali Akbar Salehi (2013–2021)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (2013–2014) Masoud Soltanifar (2014–2016) Zahra Ahmadipour (2016–2017) Ali Asghar Mounesan (2017–2019)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (2013–2017) Isa Kalantari (2017–2021)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (2013–2020) Saeed Ohadi (2020–2021)
Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation	Sorena Sattari (2013–2021)
Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs	Majid Ansari (2013–2016) Hossein-Ali Amiri (2016–2021)
Vice President for Women and Family Affairs	Shahindokht Molaverdi (2013–2017) Masoumeh Ebtekar (2017–2021)
Vice President for Legal Affairs	Elham Aminzadeh (2013–2016) Majid Ansari (2016–2017) Laya Joneydi (2017–2021)
Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (2013–2014)
Vice President for Executive Affairs	Mohammad Shariatmadari (2013–2017)
Vice President and Head of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization	Jamshid Ansari (2016–2021)
Vice President for Economic Affairs	Mohammad Nahavandian (2017–2021)