Mohammad Salimi
{{confused|Mohammad Salimi (TV presenter)}}
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| death_place = Tehran, Iran{{fact|date=October 2021}}
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| branch = Ground Force
| serviceyears = 1957–1989; 2000–2005
| rank = Major general
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| commands = Islamic Republic of Iran Army
| battles = Iran–Iraq War
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| office1 = Minister of National Defense
| term_start1 = 2 November 1981
| term_end1 = 14 August 1984
| primeminister1 = Mir-Hossein Mousavi
| predecessor1 = Mousa Namjoo
| successor1 = Mir-Hossein Mousavi (acting)
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Mohammad Salimi ({{langx|fa|محمد سلیمی}}; 1937 – 2016) was an Iranian military who served as the 6th Minister of Defense in November 1981 to August 1984 and the commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army in 2000 to 2005.
Early life
Salimi was born in Mashhad in 1937.{{cite web|title=Joint Crisis: Supreme Defense Council of Iran, 1980|url=http://www.harvardmun.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/JCCIran1.pdf|publisher=Harvard Model United Nations|accessdate=14 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004228/http://www.harvardmun.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/JCCIran1.pdf|archive-date=5 October 2013|url-status=dead}}
Career
Salimi was the defense minister in the cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, replacing Javad Fakoori.{{cite book|author=Sepehr Zabir|title=The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcjmD51dFFMC&pg=PT277|accessdate=17 February 2013|date=23 April 2012|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-136-81270-5|pages=277}} He was in office from 1981 to August 1984.{{cite news|title=Tehran dismisses 5 cabinet members|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/16/world/teheran-dismisses-5-cabinet-members.html|accessdate=27 August 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 August 1984|author=J. Dionne|location=Paris}} He was succeeded by Mohammad Hossein Jalali as defense minister.
Although Salimi retired, he was appointed commander-in-chief in May 2000, replacing Ali Shahbazi.{{cite news|title=General Mohammad Salimi|url=http://iranbriefing.net/?p=4154|accessdate=17 February 2013|work=Iran Briefing|date=3 February 2011}}{{cite news|title=Iranian Leader Appoints New Army Commanders|url=http://english.people.com.cn/english/200006/23/eng20000623_43740.html|accessdate=17 February 2013|newspaper=People's Daily|location=China|date=23 June 2000}} Salimi resigned from office in September 2005. He was succeeded by Major General Ataollah Salehi as the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army. Then Salimi was named as Ali Khamenei's military advisor on the same date.
See also
References
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Category:Defence ministers of Iran
Category:Islamic Republic of Iran Army major generals
Category:Commanders-in-chief of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Category:Islamic Republic of Iran Army personnel of the Iran–Iraq War