Mohammad Jahromi
{{Short description|Former government official in Iran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
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| image = Mohammad Jahromi.jpg
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| office = Minister of Labor and Social Affairs
| president = Mahmoud Ahmedinejad
| predecessor = Nasser Khaleghi
| successor = Reza Sheykholeslam
| term_start = 24 August 2005
| term_end = 3 September 2009
| office1 = Governor of Fars province
| predecessor1 = Ali Danesh Monfared
| successor1 = Gholamreza Sahraeian
| term_start1 = 1993
| term_end1 = 1997
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}}
| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
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| nationality = Iranian
| branch = Revolutionary Guards
| serviceyears = 1979–1982}}
Mohammad Jahromi (born 1958) is a former Iranian governor and politician who served as minister of labor and social affairs from 2005 to 2009.
Early life and education
Jahromi was born in Tehran in 1958.{{cite news|title=Iran cabinet: Biography of proposed labour minister|publisher=BBC
|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-135169489/iran-cabinet-biography-proposed.html|access-date=16 February 2013|date=14 August 2005}} He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in public administration which he obtained in 1993 and 1997, respectively. He also received a PhD in strategic management in 2005.{{cite book
|author1=Mehrzad Boroujerdi|author2=Kourosh Rahimkhani|title=Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook|year=2018|publisher=Syracuse University Press|location=Syracuse, NY|isbn=978-0-8156-5432-2|url=https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt20p56tf|doi=10.2307/j.ctt20p56tf|pages=522, 645}}
Career
Jahromi was the deputy chairman for executive affairs of the Guardian Council.{{cite web|title=18 of Iran's 21 new ministers hail from Revolutionary Guards, secret police|work=Iran Focus|url=http://www.iranfocus.com/en/?option=com_content&task=view&id=3315|access-date=16 February 2013|date=14 August 2005}} He was also one of the founding members of the IRGC in the provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran in 1979. He acted as an IRGC commander in Noor. In addition, he served as the governor of different provinces, including Zanjan (1982–1984), Lorestan (1984–1989) and Semnan (1984–1999). He was among the members of secretariat of the State Expediency Council.
On 24 August 2005, he became the minister of labor and social affairs in the first cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad.{{cite news|title=Controversy|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/09/al-qaeda-mocks-911-conspiracy-claims-axed-bank-chiefs-flight-to-canada.html|access-date=16 February 2013|publisher=PBS|date=29 September 2011}} He was approved by the Majlis with 197 votes in favor.{{cite news|title=Iran: 17 proposed ministers receive votes of confidence, 4 rejected|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/05/aug/1246.html|access-date=1 July 2013|work=Payvand|date=25 August 2005
|archive-date=17 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117061729/http://www.payvand.com/news/05/aug/1246.html|url-status=dead}} He was succeeded by Reza Sheykholeslam in August 2009 as minister of labor and social affairs.{{cite news|author=Hossein Alizadeh|title=The Best Government from Constitutional Revolution to Date!|work=Iran Briefing|access-date=16 February 2013
|url=http://iranbriefing.net/?p=8321|date=16 August 2011}}
Immediately after his removal from office, Jahromi was appointed deputy of the judiciary chief, Sadeq Larijani, in August 2009.{{cite news|title=Larijani and Ahmadinejad to shuffle ministers|newspaper=Etemad-e Melli|access-date=8 March 2013|date=19 August 2009
|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/08/selected-headlines-9.html}} Next Jahromi was named chief of the state-run Bank Saderat. He was removed from office following his involvement in a financial scandal.
=Sanctions=
Jahromi was sanctioned by the European Union on 1 December 2011 due to his presidency at the Saderat Bank, which was also sanctioned by the Union.{{cite web|title=Council Decision 2011/783/CFSP|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:319:0071:0091:EN:PDF|work=EU Official Gazette|access-date=1 August 2013|date=2 December 2011}} He was omitted from the sanction list in October 2012.{{cite web
|title=Persons referred to at point (2) of Article 1|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:282:FULL:EN:PDF|work=EU Official Gazette|access-date=16 February 2013|date=October 2012}}
Personal life
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Category:21st-century Iranian politicians
Category:Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers
Category:Government ministers of Iran
Category:Governors of Lorestan province
Category:Governors of Zanjan province