Mir-Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini | |
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Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance of Iran & President of Iranian Privatization Organization | |
In office 2013–2019 | |
Appointed by | Ali Tayebnia |
President | Hassan Rouhani |
Preceded by | Mohammadrahim Ahmadvand |
Succeeded by | Davoud Khani (acting) |
In office 2004–2005 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Ahmad Mirmotahhari |
Succeeded by | Gholamreza Heydari Kordzangeneh |
member of Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
In office 2000–2004 | |
Constituency | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr |
In office 1988–1992 | |
Constituency | Tabriz |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Tabriz, Iran |
Political party | Iranian reform movement |
Mir-Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini (میرعلی اشرف عبدالله پوری حسینی in Persian, born 1961 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian economist, politician, vice president of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance and president of Iranian Privatization Organization in the cabinet of Hassan Rouhani[1] and former member of Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Tabriz.[2]
Porihoseini's actions in his capacity as the head of privatization organization has been controversial for few years especially the acquisition of a national meat factory (Ardabil Meat Industrial Complex) by a private entity that Porihoseini himself, was a stakeholder.[3][4] On 14 August 2019 he was arrested on the charge of improper transactions and economic fraud.[5]