Nasrin Soltankhah

Nasrin Soltankhah
Soltankhah at the a conference, November 2010
Vice President of Iran Head of National Elites Foundation
Incumbent
Assumed office 21 September 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Sadeq Vaeez Zadeh
Head of Center for Women and Family Participation Affairs
In office 9 December 2005 – 21 February 2006
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Zahra Shojaei
Succeeded by	Zohreh Tayebzadeh
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office 19 January 2003 – 21 January 2007
Preceded by	Saeed Hajjarian
Succeeded by	Masoumeh Ebtekar
Personal details
Born	10 April 1963 (1963-04-10) (age 48) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Abadgaran

Nasrin Soltankhan is an Iranian politician who presently holds positions in both the local and the executive branch of the Iranian government.

Career

Cabinet position

Soltankhan was appointed to the Iranian Cabinet on September 25, 2005 by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. To date, she is one of two women in the Iranian Cabinet along with Vice-President Fatemeh Javadi. She's also president of Iran's National Elites Foundation.

Center for Women and Family Affairs

Soltankhan's portfolio includes both the position as head of the Center for Women and Family Affairs (formerly called the Center for Women's Participation, or CWP) and also the position of advisor to the President on issues pertaining to women.

Soltankhan has mentioned three main points for women-related policies which the center will be focusing on. These are, “upholding human dignity of women regardless of their gender,“ “capitalizing on women’s potentials in managerial and decision-making arenas,“ and “emphasizing on women’s key role in families.“ Soltankhah has also stated that the center is engaged in directing women’s capabilities into different social and cultural fields as well as generating jobs for them.

Political affiliation

Soltankhan is a member of the political organization called the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran.

City Council of Tehran

Apart from her work in the executive branch of the Iranian government, Nasrin Soltankhan was also on the City Council of Tehran having won a seat in 2003. The term of service for her council seat ended in 2007.

See also

• Persian Women

External links

• http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2391/html/panorama.htm
• http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2419/html/panorama.htm
• http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_9956.shtml
• http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_9956.shtml
• http://www.escwa.org.lb/ecw/editors/pubs/ECW2ndReview.pdf
• http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=39497

Political offices
Preceded by Sadeq Vaeez Zadeh	Head of National Elites Foundation 2009-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Esfandiar Rahim Mashai	Deputy leader of Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran 2011-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Soltankhah, Nasrin
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	10 April 1963
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Date of death
Place of death