Hossein Amir-Abdollahian

Hossein Amirabdollahian
حسین امیرعبداللهیان
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Arab and African Affairs
In office
1 September 2011 – 20 June 2016
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by Mohammad Reza Bagheri[1]
Succeeded by Hossein Jaberi Ansari
Ambassador to Bahrain
In office
2007–2010
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by Mohammad Farazmand
Succeeded by Mehdi Aghajafari
Personal details
Born 1964 (age 53–54)
Damghan, Semnan Province, Iran
Alma mater University of Tehran
Iranian Foreign Ministry College of International Relations

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (Persian: حسین امیرعبداللهیان‎,[2] born 1964 in Damghan) is the former Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs in Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3] He is current Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs and Assistant to Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani. He is fluent in Arabic and English,[3] besides his native Persian.

He is married and has two children.[3]

Work experience

  • Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Countries (2011–2016)
  • Director General for the Persian Gulf and the Middle-East (2010)
  • Iran's Ambassador to Bahrain (2007–2010)
  • Head of the Special Department for Iraq (Foreign Ministry) (2006–2007)
  • Deputy Director General for the Persian Gulf and the Middle-East (2006)
  • Special Assistant of the Foreign Minister for Iraqi Affairs (2003–2006)
  • Deputy of the First Persian Gulf Political Department (2001)
  • Political Expert and Deputy Ambassador in the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad (1997–2001)
  • Political Expert of the First Persian Gulf Political Department (1992)

References

  1. ↑ آقاي محمدرضا باقري، معاون عربي - آفريقايي وزير امور خارجه ايران تاكيد كرد كه تداوم مذاكرات ايران و آمريكا درباره عراق تنها در صورت تسليم درخواست رسمي آمريكايي‌ ها امكان دارد
  2. ↑ Persian pronunciation: [hoˌsejne æmiːɾæbdolːɒːhiˈjɒn]
  3. 1 2 3 "Deputy for Arab-African Affairs". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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