Majead Ansari

Majead Ansari مجید انصاری
Vice President of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
In office October 13, 2004 – September 13, 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office 1996–2004
Constituency	Kerman
Personal details
Born	1950 Kerman, Iran
Political party	Association of Combatant Clerics
Religion	Usuli Twelver Shi'a Islam

Majead Ansari (حجت‌الاسلام مجید انصاری; born in 1950 in Zarand, Kerman province), also spelled Majid Ansari is an Iranian politician and cleric. He was the Iranian Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs from October 12, 2004 to August 29, 2005, appointed by President Mohammad Khatami. He replaced the resigning Mohammad Ali Abtahi and was replaced by Ahmad Mousavi (as appointed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad).

Ansari is also a representative to the Iranian Assembly of Experts and a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Politically, he is a member of the Central Council of Association of Combatant Clerics (Majma'e Rowhaniyoon-e Mobarez).

Previously, he has been a representative of Tehran in the Majlis of Iran until 2004. Ansari has openly supported Sadeq Khalkhali, the hanging judge and his serial executions.^[1]

See also

Political offices
Preceded by -	President of prisons organization of Iran 1986–1988	Succeeded by Esmail Shooshtari

References

1. ^ ! خاتمی در مراسم ترحيم شيخ صادق خلخالی

External links

• http://www.prisons.ir/english/history.html

Persondata
Name	Ansari, Majid
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Date of birth	1950
Place of birth	Kerman, Iran
Date of death
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