Ali Khatami

Head of President's Office
In office
2 September 2001 – 3 August 2005
President| Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by| Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Succeeded by| Gholam-Hossein Elham
Personal details
Political party| Islamic Iran Participation Front[1]
Relations| Khatami family
Parent(s)| Ruhollah Khatami (father)
Sakineh Ziaee (mother)
Alma mater| New York University Tandon School of Engineering

Ali Khatami is the younger brother of former Iranian president, Muhammad Khatami, and served as his chief of staff during his second term in office.

Khatami was born to Ruhollah Khatami, alongside older siblings Fatemeh Khatami and Mohammed Khatami and younger brother, Mohammad-Reza Khatami. He lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey while pursuing a master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn.[2]

In 2000, during his brother's first term as President of Iran, rumors circulated in the Iranian press that Ali Khatami was involved in the distribution of "videotapes in which the officials of the system were insulted". These rumors were denied by the President's office, and described as an effort to exert pressure on the President by showing his family in a damaging light.[3] In 2001, Mohammed Khatami named Ali as his chief of staff, after being elected to a second term as President.

## References[edit]

* "The Iranian Nuclear Issue and Informal Networks", Naval War College Review

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, p. 180, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
2. ^ Sciolino, Elaine (2001). Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. Simon & Schuster. pp. 79–80. ISBN 0-7432-1779-9.
3. ^ IRNA (July 1, 2000). "Involvement of Khatami's brother in videotape case strongly denied". IRNA.

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Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet

Minister of Foreign Affairs|

* Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)

Minister of Agriculture**|

* Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)

Minister of Jihad of Construction**|

* Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)

Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**|

* Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)

Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone|

* Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000)
* Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000)
* Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001)
* Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)

Minister of Labour and Social Affairs|

* Hossein Kamali (1997–2001)
* Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004)
* Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance|

* Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000)
* Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001)
* Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)

Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics|

* Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)

Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance|

* Hossein Namazi (1997–2001)
* Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004)
* Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)

Minister of Education|

* Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001)
* Morteza Haji (2001–2005)

Minister of Energy|

* Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)

Minister of Health and Medical Education|

* Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001)
* Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)

Minister of Mines and Metals***|

* Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001)

Minister of Industries***|

* Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)

Minister of Industries and Mines***|

* Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)

Minister of Intelligence|

* Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998)
* Ali Younesi (1998–2005)

Minister of Interior|

* Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998)
* Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)

Minister of Justice|

* Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)

Minister of Petroleum|

* Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)

Minister of Roads and Transportation|

* Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001)
* Rahman Dadman (2001)
* Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004)
* Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)

Commerce|

* Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)

Minister of Science, Research and Technology|

* Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003)
* Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)

Minister of Welfare and Social Security****|

* Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)

Ministry of Cooperatives|

* Morteza Haji (1997–2001)
* Ali Soufi (2001–2005)

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development|

* Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level

First Vice President|

* Hassan Habibi (1997–2001)
* Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)

Chief of Staff|

* Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001)
* Ali Khatami (2001–2005)

Vice President and Head of
Atomic Energy Organization|

* Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)

Vice President and Head of
Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization|

* Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003)
* Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)

Vice President and Head of
Environmental Protection Organization|

* Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)

Vice President and Head of
Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs|

* Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)

Vice President and Head of
Management and Planning Organization of Iran|

* Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000)
* Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001)
* Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004)
* Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)

Vice President and Head of
Physical Education Organization|

* Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001)
* Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)

Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs|

* Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004)
* Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004

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