Mohammad Forouzandeh

Mohammad Forouzandeh
Head of Mostazafan Foundation
In office
22 July 1999 – 22 July 2014
Appointed by Ali Khamenei
Preceded by Mohsen Rafighdoost
Succeeded by Mohammad Saeedikia
Minister of Defense
In office
16 August 1993 – 20 August 1997
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by Akbar Torkan
Succeeded by Ali Shamkhani
Personal details
Born 1960 (age 57–58)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Alma mater University of Tehran
Military service
Service/branch Revolutionary Guards[1]
General Staff
Battles/wars Iran–Iraq War

Mohammad Forouzandeh (Persian: محمد فروزنده‎) is an Iranian politician and security figure and the former head of the Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled).[2] His tenure as head of the foundation began on December 3, 2004, and was renewed for another five years on December 2, 2009.[3] He resigned from his post on July 22, 2014, and was replaced by Mohammad Saeedikia. Forouzandeh was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council from 2007 to 2012. He served as chief of staff of the Revolutionary Guard from late 1987 to 1989[4] and later as Defense Minister of Iran.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D. Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; S. R. Bohandy (2009). "The Rise of the Pasdaran" (PDF). RAND Corporation. p. 106. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Bonyad-e Mostazafan van Janbazan: Oppressed and Disabled Veterans Foundation (MJF)GlobalSecurity.org Page last modified: 10-07-2008. 15 March 2009
  3. ↑ Bonyad Chief Reinstated Archived 2009-05-05 at the Wayback Machine. Iran Daily, December 3, 2005.
  4. ↑ James Bruce (1989), "Iran Strenghtens Guards with Leader Reshuffle", Jane's Defence Weekly, 12: 703
  5. ↑ Katzman, Kenneth. "Iran’s Bonyads: Economic Strengths and Weaknesses". 6 August 2006 Archived 25 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine. accessed 15-May-2009
Military offices
Preceded by
Hassan Firouzabadi
as Deputy Head of Commander-in-Chief Headquarters		 Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces
31 September 1989 – 11 September 1993		 Succeeded by
Ali Sayad Shirazi
Preceded by
Alireza Afshar		 Chief of the General Staff of the IRGC
1987 – 22 September 1989		 Succeeded by
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr
as Chief of the Joint Staff
Political offices
Preceded by
Akbar Torkan		 Minister of Defence
16 August 1993 – 20 August 1997		 Succeeded by
Ali Shamkhani
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