Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (PerB| غلامرضا آقازاده) ; (born Khoy, West Azarbaijan in 1947) is the Vice President for Atomic Energy [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications//chiefs/chiefs83.html] of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Computer Engineering from University of Tehran. He moved to the US for further studies but returned in late 1978 as the revolution against the Shah began to unfold. He was an active member of the opposition, and in 1979 became a director of the ultra-populist IRP newspaper Jomhuri Eslami, run by Mir-Hossein Mousavi. In 1980, Musavi became foreign minister and made Aghazadeh his deputy in charge of economic relations and finance.

Two years later, as Musavi became prime minister, Aghazadeh was made state minister for executive affairs, a post attached to the premier's office. Later he held the title of deputy PM for executive affairs in charge of Iran's oil barter deals with foreign states and companies under a countertrade system started in 1982. He co-ordinated policies of various ministries through the PM's office. His talents earned him the post of Iran's Minister of Petroleumin October 1985. He held this position until 1997 when he was replaced by Bijan Namdar Zanganeh after the election of then reformist president Mohammad Khatami. He was then promoted to the post of Vice President for Atomic Energy. He has held this position since 1997.

Aghazadeh is also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

ee also

*Mohammad Saeedi
*Hassan Rowhani
*Ali Larijani
*Saeed Jalili
*Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
*Mohammad Khatami

External links

IRAN - Gholamreza Aghazadeh. [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6499557/IRAN-Gholamreza-Aghazadeh.html]

IRAN - Profile - Bijan Namdar Zanganeh - Petroleum Minister. [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4011246/IRAN-Profile-Bijan-Namdar-Zanganeh.html]

Gholam-Reza Aghazadeh Reports to Supreme Leader Khamenei: We Are Building A 40 Mega-Watt Heavy-Water Reactor [http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1253 ]