Hamid Chitchian

Hamid Chitchian
حمید چیت‌چیان
October 2014
Minister of Energy
In office
15 August 2013 – 20 August 2017
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byMajid Namjoo
Succeeded byReza Ardakanian
Member of the Iranian Parliament
In office
28 May 1988 – 28 May 1992
ConstituencyTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
Majority308,485 (40.10%)
Personal details
BornHamid Chitchian
(1957-03-21) 21 March 1957 (age 69)
Tabriz, Iran
PartyIndependent
EducationAmirkabir University of Technology
Tarbiat Modares University
ProfessionEngineer
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guard
Years of service
1980–1988
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Hamid Chitchian (Persian: حمید چیت‌چیان, born 21 March 1957) is an Iranian politician and the former intelligence head. He had been energy minister of Iran from 15 August 2013 until 20 August 2017.

Early life

Chitchian was born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, around 1957.

Career

Chitchian joined the IRGC and is the former head of its intelligence unit in Tabriz. He is the former member of parliament, serving in the third term. He was appointed deputy energy minister for planning and economic affairs and senior advisor to the energy minister during the first term of the President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. At the same period he was a member of the managerial board of the Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) and the Energy Organization. He was also one of the senior advisors to Ahmedinejad.

He was nominated as energy minister by President Hassan Rouhani on 4 August 2013. On 15 August, he was appointed energy minister to the cabinet of Rouhani, receiving 272 votes in favor and seven votes against in the parliament. It was the second highest level of approval after that for Ali Tayebnia who was appointed economy minister. On 1 August 2017, Chitchian announced that he will leave energy ministry after the end of the first Rouhani government.

Views

Chitchian is a moderate technocratic with a neoliberal economic view.

References

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