Sardar
Rostam Ghasemi
Ghasemi in 2022
4th Minister of Roads and Urban Development
In office
25 August 2021 – 22 November 2022
PresidentEbrahim Raisi
Preceded byMohammad Eslami
Succeeded byShahriar Afandizadeh (Acting)
Mehrdad Bazrpash
Minister of Petroleum
In office
3 August 2011 – 15 August 2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byMasoud Mir Kazemi
Succeeded byBijan Namdar Zangeneh
Personal details
Born(1964-05-05)5 May 1964
Sargah, Mohr County, Fars province, Iran
Died8 December 2022(2022-12-08) (aged 58)
Beijing, China
Spouse
Marzieh-Sadat Mirshafiei
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(m. 1984⁠–⁠2007)​
[1][2]
Children4
Alma materPower and Water University of Technology
Awards Order of Service (2nd class)
Military service
AllegianceIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Branch/service
Years of service1979–2011; 2013–2020
RankBrigadier general
CommandsKhatam-al Anbiya Headquarter
Battles/wars

Rostam Ghasemi (Persian: رستم قاسمی; 5 May 1964 – 8 December 2022) was an Iranian military officer and conservative politician who was the Minister of Roads and Urban Development from 25 August 2021 to 22 November 2022. He was Minister of Petroleum from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013.[3][4]

Early life and education

Ghasemi was born on 5 May 1964 in Sargah village, Mohr County, Fars province.[5][6] His father was a businessman and politician. He served as the governor of the Fars Province from 1980 to 1988. He graduated from Sharif University of Technology, studying civil engineering.[7]

Career

Ghasemi joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Kharg Island in 1979.[5] He participated in the Iran-Iraq War.[8] After the war, he joined the Khatam-al Anbia troops in Bushehr, the Guards' engineering and construction company.[9] In 1996, he was named head of the IRGC navy's Nouh base.[5] Ghasemi became deputy commander of the troops in 2001.[citation needed]

He was the chair of the IRGC-affiliated Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters from 2007 to 2011.[8] He retired from the military in August 2011.[citation needed]

On 26 July 2011, he was nominated as oil minister by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to succeed Masoud Mir Kazemi.[10] He was approved by the parliament on 3 August 2011, being the fourth oil minister in the Ahmedinejad government.[11] He received 216 votes of the 246 Majlis members.[5] He was the president of the OPEC for 2011,[12] despite being on the US, EU and Australian sanction list since 2010.[13] Ghasemi's tenure as oil minister ended on 15 August 2013, and he was replaced by Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in the post.[8] Shortly after leaving office Ghasemi was appointed advisor to Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan on 22 August.[8][14]

Ghasemi was seen in a photograph dated 2011 in Malaysia cuddling a woman without hijab alleged to be his non-married girlfriend, in conflict with the laws of the Islamic Republic of Iran's government when he was the minister of oil, a cabinet position in that government.[15][16]

On 8 December 2022, Ghasemi died of illness in China, aged 58.[17]

References

  1. ^ "بیوگرافی رستم قاسمی؛ سوابق و دیدگاه‌های وزیر راه و شهرسازی دولت رئیسی". EghtesadShahrvand. 3 October 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  2. ^ "مثنوی عاشقانه یک سیاستمدار برای همسرش". Mashregh News. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  3. ^ TABNAK, تابناک |. "جزییات جلسه علنی مجلس؛ رأی اعتماد به وزرای پیشنهادی". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ^ "روزنامه اطلاعات: "عملیات گسترده شبه‌نظامیان حشد شعبی در مرز ایران و عراق"". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d Alfoneh, Ali (Winter 2012). "Iran's Revolutionary Guards Strike Oil". The Middle East Quarterly. XIX (1): 75–78. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. ^ "زندگینامه: رستم قاسمی (۱۳۴۳-)". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ "162nd Ordinary Meeting" (PDF). OPEC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d "Former Iranian Oil Minister Qasemi appointed advisor to Defense Minister". Trend. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  9. ^ "UPDATE 3-Military officer becomes Iran's new oil minister | Energy & Oil | Reuters". 3 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. ^ TABNAK, تابناک |. "4 وزير پیشنهادی بالاخره به مجلس معرفی شدند". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  11. ^ Alizadeh, Hossein (16 August 2011). "The Best Government from Constitutional Revolution to Date!". Iran Briefing. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  12. ^ Iran revolutionary guards commander becomes the new president of Opec, Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian, 3 August 2011
  13. ^ "Iran names Guards commander Rostam Qasemi oil minister". BBC News. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  14. ^ "Ex-Iranian Oil Minister Qasemi appointed advisor to Defense Minister". ILNA. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  15. ^ توانا Tavaana [@Tavaana] (31 October 2022). "IRGC General & Minister of Roads and Urban Development Rostam Ghasemi, pictured here in 2011 next to his paramour while visiting Malaysia. - this is the regime that killed #MahsaAmini on the pretext of indecent hijab #IranRevoIution2022 https://t.co/CT2J8Fxoc1" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  16. ^ Alavi, Shahed [@ShahedAlavi] (31 October 2022). "سردار پاسدار رستم قاسمی، وزیر فعلی راه و شهرسازی رئیسی، سال ۲۰۱۱، دو سال پس از مرگ همسرش، زمانی که وزیر نفت احمدی‌نژاد بود در سفری به مالزی همراه با معشوقه‌اش در محوطه پشتی برج‌های دوقلوی پتروناس کوالالامپور. کثافت‌های دورو. https://t.co/XbynhWoJJY https://t.co/hGPGLuG0BV" [Guardsman Rostam Ghasemi, the current Minister of Roads and Urban Development Raisi, in 2011, two years after the death of his wife, when he was Oil Minister Ahmadinejad on a trip to Malaysia with his lover in the back yard of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Doro dirt.] (Tweet) (in Persian). Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022 – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Iran's former road minister Rostam Ghasemi dies of illness". Mehr News Agency. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
Government offices Preceded byMasoud Mir Kazemi Minister of Petroleum 2011–2013 Succeeded byBijan Namdar Zanganeh Preceded byMohammad Eslami Minister of Roads and Urban Development 2021–2022 Succeeded byMehrdad Bazrpash Military offices Preceded byAbdolreza Abed Commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters 2007–2011 Succeeded byAbolghasem Mozaffari


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