Isa Kalantari

Isa Kalantari


Vice President of Iran Head of Department of Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 August 2017
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Masoumeh Ebtekar
Minister of Agriculture
In office 19 August 1989 – 14 January 2001
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Abbas Ali Zali
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Hojjati (Merged in Jihad of Construction Ministry)

Personal details
Born	Isa Kalantari 1952 (age 65–66) Marand, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Executives of Construction Party
Alma mater	Urmia University University of Nebraska system Iowa State University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Agricultural engineer

Isa Kalantari (Persian: عیسی کلانتری‎, born 1952 in Marand, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian politician and the current head of Department of Environment. He served as minister of agriculture in both terms of Rafsanjani's presidency and first term of president Mohammad Khatami. He has a BSc degree of agriculture from Urmia University, MSc of Physiology-Biochemistry from Iowa State University, and PhD in agricultural physiology from University of Nebraska. He is a member of the Center for Strategic Research in the Expediency Discernment Council.^[1]

References

↑ "مرکز تحقیقات استراتژیک - کادرعلمی - دکتر عیسی کلانتری". Csr.ir. Retrieved 2014-02-02.

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)
Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)
Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)
Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)
Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)
Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)
Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)
Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)
Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004

Cabinet of President Hassan Rouhani (since 2013)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Javad Zarif (2013–present)
Minister of Agriculture	Mahmoud Hojjati (2013–present)
Minister of Communications and IT	Mahmoud Vaezi (2013–2017) Mohammad Javad Jahromi (2017–present)
Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare	Ali Rabiei (2013–2018) Anoushirvan Mohseni Bandpey* (2018–present)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Ali Jannati (2013–2016) Abbas Salehi* (2016) Reza Salehi Amiri (2016–2017) Abbas Salehi (2017–present)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Hossein Dehghan (2013–2017) Amir Hatami (2017–present)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Ali Tayebnia (2013–2017) Masoud Karbasian (2017–2018) Rahmatollah Akrami* (2018–present)
Minister of Education	Ali-Asghar Fani (2013–2016) Mohammad Bathaei* (2016) Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani (2016–2017) Mohammad Bathaei (2017–present)
Minister of Energy	Hamid Chitchian (2013–2017) Sattar Mahmoudi* (2017) Reza Ardakanian (2017–present)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Hassan Hashemi (2013–present)
Minister of Industries, Mines and Business	Mohammadreza Nematzadeh (2013–2017) Mohammad Shariatmadari (2017–present)
Minister of Intelligence	Mahmoud Alavi (2013–present)
Minister of Interior	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–present)
Minister of Justice	Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2013–2017) Alireza Avayi (2017–present)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zangeneh (2013–present)
Minister of Transportation and Housing	Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (2013–present)
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports	Reza Salehi Amiri* (2013) Mohammad Shariatmadari* (2013) Mahmoud Goudarzi (2013–2016) Nasrollah Sajjadi* (2016) Masoud Soltanifar (2016–present)
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–present)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Eshaq Jahangiri (2013–present)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad Nahavandian (2013–2017) Mahmoud Vaezi (2017–present)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Ali Akbar Salehi (2013–present)
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–present)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (2013–2017) Isa Kalantari (2017–present)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (2013–present)
Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation	Sorena Sattari (2013–present)
Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs	Majid Ansari (2013–2016) Hossein-Ali Amiri (2016–present)
Vice President for Women and Family Affairs	Shahindokht Molaverdi (2013–2017) Masoumeh Ebtekar (2017–present)
Vice President for Legal Affairs	Elham Aminzadeh (2013–2016) Majid Ansari (2016–2017) Laya Joneydi (2017–present)
Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (2013–present)
Vice President for Executive Affairs	Mohammad Shariatmadari (2013–2017)
Vice President and Head of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization	Jamshid Ansari (2016–present)
Vice President for Economic Affairs	Mohammad Nahavandian (2017–present)

* Acting

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