Hamid Chitchian
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Hamid Chitchian (Persian: حمید چیتچیان, born 21 March 1957) is an Iranian politician and the former intelligence head. He had been energy minister of Iran from 15 August 2013 until 20 August 2017.[2]
Hamid Chitchian | |
|---|---|
حمید چیتچیان | |
October 2014 | |
| Minister of Energy | |
| In office 15 August 2013 – 20 August 2017 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Majid Namjoo |
| Succeeded by | Reza Ardakanian |
| Member of the Iranian Parliament | |
| In office 28 May 1988 – 28 May 1992 | |
| Constituency | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr |
| Majority | 308,485 (40.10%)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hamid Chitchian 21 March 1957 Tabriz, Iran |
| Party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Amirkabir University of Technology Tarbiat Modares University |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Branch/service | Revolutionary Guard |
| Years of service | 1980–1988 |
| Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Early life
Chitchian was born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, around 1957.[3][4]
Career
Chitchian joined the IRGC[5] and is the former head of its intelligence unit in Tabriz.[6] He is the former member of parliament, serving in the third term.[5] He was appointed deputy energy minister for planning and economic affairs and senior advisor to the energy minister during the first term of the President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.[5]At the same period he was a member of the managerial board of the Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) and the Energy Organization.[5] He was also one of the senior advisors to Ahmedinejad.[7]
He was nominated as energy minister by President Hassan Rouhani on 4 August 2013.[5] On 15 August, he was appointed energy minister to the cabinet of Rouhani, receiving 272 votes in favor and seven votes against in the parliament.[8] It was the second highest level of approval after that for Ali Tayebnia who was appointed economy minister.[9] On 1 August 2017, Chitchian announced that he will leave energy ministry after the end of the first Rouhani government.
Views
Chitchian is a moderate technocratic with a neoliberal economic view.[10]
