Majid Namjoo

Majid Namjoo
Minister of Petroleum and Energy Designate
Taking office May 2011
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Succeeding	Himself (Energy) Masoud Mir Kazemi (Petroleum)
Minister of Energy
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 August 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Parviz Fattah
Succeeded by	Himself (Petroleum and Energy)
Personal details
Born	January 5, 1963 (1963-01-05) (age 48) Kerman, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	Shahid Bahonar University

Majid Namjoo (مجيد نامجو in Persian) is an Iranian politician who is currently the Minister of Energy since 24 August 2009.

He was member of Kerman City Council from 2001 to 2008 and became Deputy Minister of Energy in February 2008. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nominated Namjoo as Minister of Energy in August 2009 and he became Minister with 210 out of 290 votes.

On 9 May 2011, it was announced that Ministry of Petroleum be marged with Ministry of Energy and Namjoo will became Minister of Petroleum and Energy.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/163501/محرابیان،-محصولی-و-میرکاظمی-از-دولت-حذف-شدند/ Mehrabian, Mir Kazemi and Mahsouli will leave cabinet

See also

• Petroleum industry in Iran

Political offices
Preceded by Parviz Fattah	Minister of Energy 2009-2011	Succeeded by Himself as Minister of Petroleum and Energy
Preceded by Masoud Mir Kazemi as Minister of Petroleum	Minister of Petroleum and Energy 2011-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Himself as Minister of Energy

Persondata
Name	Kazemi, Masoud Mir
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1951-02-02
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Date of death
Place of death