Mohammad Saeedikia

Saeedikia was born in Isfahan in 1946.{{cite journal|author=Ali Alfoneh

|title=Ahmadinejad versus the Technocrats|journal=Middle East Outlook|date=May 2008|volume=4|pages=1–9

|url=http://www.aei.org/files/2008/05/08/20080512_No4MEOg.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111064117/http://www.aei.org/files/2008/05/08/20080512_No4MEOg.pdf|archive-date=11 November 2013|df=dmy-all}} He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics. Then he obtained a master's degree in civil engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran.

Saeedikia was the chairman of the urban planning and development corporation. Next he became deputy chief of the economic branch of the foundation of deprived. Later he served in most of the cabinets formed since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.{{cite news|title=Iran Election Watch 2013: Twenty four presidential candidates emerge|url=http://www.theinternational.org/articles/375-iran-election-watch-2013-twenty-four-pre|access-date=19 April 2013|work=The International|date=21 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210406/http://www.theinternational.org/articles/375-iran-election-watch-2013-twenty-four-pre|archive-date=6 June 2014|df=dmy-all}} His first cabinet post was the minister of roads and transportation. He held this post first in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi from 1985 to 1989. He held the same post in the cabinet of President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from 1989 to 1993. On 29 August 1989, Saeedikia was approved by the Majlis with 195 for and 43 against votes.{{cite journal|last=Ehteshami|first=Anoushiravan|title=After Khomeini: The Structure of Power in the Iranian Second Republic|journal=Political Studies|year=1991|volume=XXXIX|pages=148–157|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9248.1991.tb00586.x|s2cid=145005463 }} His tenure ended in 1993.

When Mohammad Khatami became president in 1997, Saeedikia was named minister of construction.{{cite journal

|title=Net spread for biological research partners|journal=Iran Report|date=22 March 1999|volume=2|issue=12

|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/1999/12-220399.html}}{{cite web|title=President Mohammad Khatami's Cabinet August 1997|url=http://www.iran.org/government/cabinet.htm|publisher=Iran|access-date=23 February 2013}} He was in office from 1997 to 2000.{{cite web|title=Potential Candidate Series: Mohammad Saeedikia|url=http://iranelectionwatch.com/potential-candidate-series-mohammad-saeedikia/|work=Iran Election Watch|access-date=10 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201074900/http://iranelectionwatch.com/potential-candidate-series-mohammad-saeedikia/|archive-date=1 February 2013|df=dmy-all}} Then he served as advisor to Khatami from 2000 to 2005.

On 24 August 2005 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed him the minister of housing and urban development.{{cite news|title=New ministers hail from Revolutionary Guards|url=http://www.iranfocus.com/en/?option=com_content&task=view&id=3315|access-date=10 February 2013|work=Iran Focus|date=14 August 2005}}{{cite news|title=Ideologues Proposed to Fill Iranian Cabinet|access-date=19 April 2013|work=Ohmy News

|url=http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?at_code=275231|date=18 August 2005}} Saeedikia won the highest for votes at the Majlis, being given 222 votes for by 284 majlis members.{{cite news

|title=Iran parliament confirms key hardline ministers|url=http://www.iranfocus.com/en/?option=com_content&task=view&id=3459|access-date=10 February 2013|work=Iran Focus|date=24 August 2005}}{{cite news|title=Proposed ministers receive votes of confidence|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/05/aug/1246.html

|access-date=1 July 2013|work=Payvand|date=25 August 2005}} His term ended in 2009. He also served as the head of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development from May 2008 to August 2009. In January 2010, he was appointed deputy head of the Pars Oil Company.{{cite web

|title=Appointment for Former Iran Petroleum Minister|url=http://www.bedigest.com/NEWS/33745.aspx|work=BEDigest

|access-date=10 February 2013|date=20 January 2010}}

He was head of the Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled), the second-largest commercial enterprise in Iran (behind the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company)[http://www.iranian.com/Travelers/2003/July/Rich/ Millionaire mullahs by Paul Klebnikov, 7 July 2003, The Iranian] Originally printed in Forbes, Retrieved 15 May 2009 and biggest holding company in the Middle East, between years of 2014 to 2019.

Saeedikia was the first officially announced candidate for the 2013 presidential election in Iran.{{cite news|author=Ahmad Rezai|title=Mohammad Saeedi-Kia announces his nomination for presidential election|url=http://kabirnews.com/mohammad-saeedi-kia-announced-his-nomination-for-presidential-election/3760/|access-date=10 February 2013|work=Kabir News|date=31 December 2012}} He announced his candidacy in December 2012.{{cite news|title=Former minister announces candidacy for presidential election|newspaper=Tehran Times|url=http://tehrantimes.com/politics/104930-former-minister-announces-candidacy-for-presidential-election|access-date=10 February 2013|date=18 January 2013|archive-date=11 March 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311045536/http://www.tehrantimes.com/politics/104930-former-minister-announces-candidacy-for-presidential-election}} Due to his career, he was considered to be a traditionalist principlist candidate, but in fact he was an independent and technocrat candidate.{{cite news

|title=Consolidated list of presidential candidates|url=http://www.irandailybrief.com/2013/04/18/consolidated-list-of-presidential-candidates/|access-date=19 April 2013|work=Iran Daily Brief|date=18 April 2013}}{{cite news

|author=Mustafa Al Labbad|title=The Favorites in Iran's Election|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/fa/contents/articles/politics/2013/05/iran-presidential-election-contenders.html|access-date=16 June 2013|newspaper=As Safir|date=May 2013}} Saeedikia was also one of the dark horse candidates.{{cite news|title=Who Will Be Iran's Next President?|url=http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/24815015.html|access-date=19 April 2013|work=Radio Free Liberty|date=6 January 2013}} His nomination was rejected by Guardian Council on 21 May 2013.{{cite news|title=Profiles: Iran election candidates|access-date=22 May 2013|work=BBC

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22611601|date=22 May 2013}}

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