Saeed Jalili

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Saeed Jalili
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office = Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council
term_start = October 20, 2007
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predecessor = Ali Larijani
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birth_date = 1965
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nationality = Iranian
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party = Islamic Society of Engineers
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religion = Shi'a Islam

Saeed Jalili, also spelled as Said Jalilee, Said Jalili and Saiid Jalili (PerB| سعید جلیلی, born 1965 in Mashhad [http://www.mfa.gov.ir:7777/mfa/cms/Tehran/en/MinistryOfForeignAffairs/Deputies/Jalili.html Curriculum Vitae] , Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Curriculum Vitae] ) is an Iranian politician and the present secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. On October 20, 2007, he replaced Ali Larijani as the secretary of the council and hence chief nuclear negotiator of Iran. He was previously Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs.

Biography

Born 1965 in Mashhad, Jalili has a Ph.D in political science from Imam Sadeq University, the title of his doctoral thesis was "Paradigm of Political Thought of Islam in the Holy Quran". He worked as a university lecturer before becoming a junior government official in 1989, rising to become Director General for Office of Supreme Leader of Iran in 2001 and Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs and an advisor to the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005. He speaks Persian, English, and Arabic.

Role in Ahmadinejad's government

According to Radio Zamaneh, Jalili is an old close friend of President Ahmadinejad, and was Ahmadinejad's first choice as the Minister of Foreign Affairs, which he did not introduce due to some "interests" (he introduced Manouchehr Mottaki to Majlis for the post).cite web|url=http://www.radiozamaneh.org/news/2007/10/post_2682.html|title=پیشینه دبیر جدید شورای عالی امنیت ملی|language=Persian|date=2007-10-20|accessdate=2007-10-21|publisher=Radio Zamaneh] Radio Zamaneh also suggests that it was Jalili who has drafted Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush.

Bibliography

* "Foreign Policy of Prophet of Islam" (PerB| سیاست خارجی پیامبر اسلام)

References

External links

* [http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/12/25/an_interview_with_saeed_jalili_irans_deputy_foreign_minister/ Interview] with The Boston Globe
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSBLA06200820071020 FACTBOX: Iran's new atomic negotiator Saeed Jalili] from Reuters