Sowlat Mortazavi

{{Short description|Iranian conservative politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sowlat Mortazavi

| image = Sowlat Mortazavi 14020210 0352704.jpg

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| caption = Mortazavi in 2023

| office = Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare

| term_start = 19 October 2022

| term_end = 21 August 2024

| president = Ebrahim Raisi
Mohammad Mokhber (acting)

| predecessor = Hojjatollah Abdolmaleki

| successor = Ahmad Meydari

| office1 = Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs

| term_start1 = 5 September 2021

| term_end1 = 19 October 2022

| president1 = Ebrahim Raisi

| predecessor1 = Office vacant, last held by Mohammad Shariatmadari (2017)

| successor1 = Mohsen Mansouri

| office2 = Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran

| term_start2 = 5 September 2021

| term_end2 = 19 October 2022

| president2 = Ebrahim Raisi

| predecessor2 = Mahmoud Vaezi

| successor2 = Mohsen Mansouri

| office3 = Mayor of Mashhad

| term_start3 = 1 October 2013

| term_end3 = 1 September 2017

| predecessor3 = Mohammad Pejman

| successor3 = Ghasem Taghizadeh-Khamesi

| office4 = Governor General of South Khorasan

| term_start4 = 2005

| term_end4 = 2009

| president4 = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

| predecessor4 = Ebrahim Rezaei Babadi

| successor4 = Ghahreman Rashid

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|05|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran

| nationality = Iranian

| party = Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution{{citation|first=Abbas W.|last=Samii|title=The Changing Landscape of Party Politics in Iran—A Case Study|journal=Journal of the European Society for Iranian Studies|number=1|date=Winter 2005|pages=53–62|url=http://www.sssup.it/UploadDocs/4525_6_The_Changing_Landscape_of_Party_Politics_in_Iran_A_Case_Study_The_Journal_of_the_European_Society_for_Iranian_Studies_02.pdf}}

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| native_name_lang = fa

| native_name = {{nobold|صولت مرتضوی}}

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Sowlat Mortazavi ({{langx|fa|صولت مرتضوی}}, born 5 May 1955) is an Iranian conservative politician and was Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare of Iran. He is formerly Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs and also former Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran.

He is former Mayor of Mashhad. He was elected as the Mayor by the City Council by 19 votes on 20 September 2013 and sworn in on 1 October.[http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/232147 صولت مرتضوی شهردار مشهد شد؛ پژمان به تهران آمد] Before that, he was under-secretary in Politics of Ministry of Interior during Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar's time as Interior Minister. He was also Mayor of Birjand from 1990 to 1999.[http://shahraraonline.com/news/19082/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B5%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%20%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%8C%20%D8%A7%D8%B2%20%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%20%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B4%20%D8%AA%D8%A7%20%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%20%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%AF سیدصولت مرتضوی، از بخشداری زادگاهش تا شهرداری مشهد]

He was appointed as head of Country's Election Headquarters on 17 May 2011.{{cite news|url=http://aftabnews.ir/vdceff8zpjh8wei.b9bj.html|work=Aftab News Agency|script-title=fa:سیدصولت مرتضوی ‌رئیس ستاد انتخابات کشور ‌شد|date=17 May 2011|accessdate=17 August 2016|language=Persian}} On 20 June 2017, he was suspended from his position as Mayor of Mashhad and all political offices by administrative justice court after he prevented from auditing in the municipality.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftabir.com/news/article/view/2017/06/20/1719111|title = انفصال از خدمت شهردار مشهد/ علت صدور حکم دیوان محاسبات علیه صولت مرتضوی چیست؟}}