Majid Ansari | |
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| Vice President of Iran for Legal Affairs | |
| In office 12 July 2016 – 9 August 2017 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Elham Aminzadeh |
| Succeeded by | Laya Jonaidi |
| Vice President of Iran for Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 1 September 2013 – 12 July 2016 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Lotfollah Forouzandeh |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Ali Amiri |
| In office 13 October 2004 – 3 August 2005 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Abtahi |
| Succeeded by | Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi (Parliamentary and Legal Affairs) |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| Assumed office 16 March 2002 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Member of Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 1980–2004 | |
| Constituency | Kerman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1954 Khanuk, Iran |
| Political party | Association of Combatant Clerics |
Majid Ansari (Persian: مجید انصاری; born in 1954 in Khanuk, Kerman Province) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was formerly Vice President for Legal Affairs from July 12, 2016 until August 9, 2017. Previously held vice presidency in parliamentary affairs from October 12, 2004 to August 29, 2005, appointed by President Mohammad Khatami and the second term from September 1, 2013 until July 12, 2016 under President Hassan Rouhani. On 2 August 2017, Ansari announced that he will not be part of second Rouhani government.
Ansari is also a former representative to the Assembly of Experts and a current member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Politically, he is a member of the Central Council of Association of Combatant Clerics.
Previously, he has been a representative of Tehran in the Parliament of Iran until 2004. Ansari has openly supported Sadegh Khalkhali, the hanging judge and his serial executions.[1]
