Ali Soufi

Ali Soufi
Minister of Cooperatives
In office
18 August 2001  9 November 2005
President Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by Morteza Haji
Succeeded by Mohammad Ardakani
Governor of Gilan Province
In office
8 February 1998  11 August 2001
President Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by Ali-Akbar Tahayi
Succeeded by Ali Bagheri (acting)
Governor of Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad Province
In office
1 October 1989  12 September 1993
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by Ahmad Jami (acting)
Succeeded by Ahmad Jami (acting)
Governor of Bushehr Province
In office
19 March 1986  1 October 1989
President Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by Mohammad-Reza Majidi (acting)
Succeeded by Gholamreza Sahrayian
Personal details
Nationality Iranian
Political party Union of Islamic Iran People Party
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Iran Participation Front[1]

Ali Soufi (Persian: علی صوفی) is an Iranian reformist politician. He held office as a governor and minister during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

He is a member of the 'Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking'.[2]

Soufi enrolled to run for parliament in 2008 and 2016 elections but was disqualified by the Guardian Council.[3][4]

References

  1. Michael Rubin and Ali Alfoneh (13 January 2008), "Iran News Round Up", National Review, retrieved 7 April 2017
  2. Marie Donovan, Paul Bucala, Caitlin Shayda Pendleton, Ken Hawrey and Alice Naghshineh (6 April 2016), "Iran News Round Up", Critical Threats Project Iran, retrieved 7 April 2017
  3. "Iran Bans Nearly Third of Candidates from Polls", Middle East Online, 24 January 2008, retrieved 7 April 2017
  4. "Ex-cabinet ministers sign up for Majlis polls", Tehran Times, 23 December 2015, retrieved 7 April 2017
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