Malek Rahmati

{{Short description|Iranian politician (1982–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Malek Rahmati

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|fa|مالک رحمتی}}}}

| image = Malek Rahmati (cropped).jpg

| caption = Rahmati in January 2024

| office = Governor-general of East Azerbaijan

| term_start = 21 January 2024

| term_end = 19 May 2024

| president = Ebrahim Raisi

| predecessor = Zeinolabedin Razavi Khorram

| successor = Torab Mohammadi{{Cite web |url=https://musavat.com/news/iranda-qezada-olen-valinin-yerine-teyinat_1071204.html |title=İranda qəzada ölən valinin yerinə TƏYİNAT |access-date=2024-05-22 |archive-date=2024-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520180631/https://musavat.com/news/iranda-qezada-olen-valinin-yerine-teyinat_1071204.html |url-status=live }} (acting)

| birth_date = {{birth year|1982}}

| birth_place = Maragheh, Iran

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|05|19|1982|df=yes}}

| death_place = near Uzi, East Azerbaijan, Iran

| death_cause = Helicopter crash

| spouse =

| children =

| alma_mater = Imam Sadiq University
Kharazmi University

| party =

| occupation = Lawyer • politician

}}

Malek Rahmati{{efn|Also transliterated as Malik{{cite news |last1=Aggarwal |first1=Mithil |title=Helicopter carrying Iran's President Raisi suffers 'crash landing'; search and rescue underway |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-hard-landing-state-tv-says-rcna152961 |access-date=20 May 2024 |work=NBC News |date=19 May 2024 |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519220735/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/helicopter-carrying-irans-president-suffers-hard-landing-state-tv-says-rcna152961 |url-status=live }}}} ({{langx|fa|مالک رحمتی}}; 1982 – 19 May 2024) was an Iranian politician who served as governor-general of East Azerbaijan province from January 2024 until his death in May 2024.{{cite news|date=21 January 2024|title=Iran appoints new governor for East Azerbaijan province|url=https://en.irna.ir/news/85361225/Iran-appoints-new-governor-for-East-Azerbaijan-province|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2024|work=Islamic Republic News Agency|archive-date=20 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520032201/https://en.irna.ir/news/85361225/Iran-appoints-new-governor-for-East-Azerbaijan-province}} He had previously served as deputy director of the Astan Quds Razavi from 2021 to 2023,{{cite news|date=May 20, 2024|title=Who died alongside Iran's President Raisi in the helicopter crash?|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/20/who-died-alongside-irans-president-raisi-in-the-helicopter-crash|access-date=June 9, 2024|work=Al Jazeera}} and headed the Privatization Organization of Iran from 2023 to 2024.{{cite news|date=22 July 2023|title=Rahmati appointed as new head of Iranian Privatization Organization|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487092/Rahmati-appointed-as-new-head-of-Iranian-Privatization-Organization|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2024|work=Tehran Times|archive-date=20 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520032205/https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/487092/Rahmati-appointed-as-new-head-of-Iranian-Privatization-Organization}}

Rahmati graduated from Imam Sadiq University, and then attained a law degree from Kharazmi University.{{cite news|last=Ghadarkhan|first=Samaneh|date=May 23, 2024|title=Who was the governor of East Azerbaijan who died with Raisi?|url=https://iranwire.com/en/politics/129815-who-was-the-governor-of-east-azerbaijan-who-died-with-raisi/|access-date=June 9, 2024|work=IranWire}} His father-in-law was Mostafa Seyyed Hashemi, an influential politician in East Azerbaijan province who served in the Islamic Consultative Assembly representing the constituency of Maragheh and Ajabshir for four terms from 1992 to 2008, and subsequently as a deputy at the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order.{{cite news|last1=Dehghanpisheh|first1=Babak|last2=Stecklow|first2=Steve|date=December 11, 2014|title=Iran's parliament moves to tax bodies overseen by supreme leader|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0JP284/|access-date=June 9, 2024|work=Reuters}}{{cite news|last=Erdbrink|first=Thomas|date=August 21, 2015|title=Iran prepares to lure foreign investors after nuclear deal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/world/middleeast/after-nuclear-deal-with-west-iran-gears-up-to-cash-in.html|access-date=June 9, 2024|work=The New York Times}}