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Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri
NameAli Akbar Nateq Nouri
Other NamesAli Akbar Nateq Nouri
Personal Details
Birth Place
Mazandaran Province
Brith Date6 October 1944 (CE)
ReligionIslam

Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri is an Iranian cleric and politician who was appointed as the Head of the Inspection Office of Supreme Leader Khamenei on 18 May 2017 (CE) and serves as a member of the Expediency Council. He has been a representative in the Islamic Consultative Assembly for four terms, serving two terms as the Speaker of the Parliament.


Biography

Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri was born on 6 October 1944 (CE), in the village of Ozkola, part of Nur County, Mazandaran Province. He is the son of Abolqasem Jamshidi, a combatant cleric and orator. Nateq Nouri spent his childhood in Nur County and migrated to Tehran at the age of 10.


Education

He completed his primary and secondary education in Tehran and simultaneously began his seminary studies. In 1961 (CE), he became acquainted with Imam Khomeini and joined the Islamic Revolution movement. Nateq Nouri also continued his university studies in Theology with a focus on Philosophy and Islamic Wisdom at the University of Tehran.


Positions

After the victory of the Islamic Revolution, Nateq Nouri was appointed as the Leader's Representative in the Construction Crusade. In 1980 (CE), he was elected to the Islamic Consultative Assembly as the representative of the people of Tehran and was appointed as the Minister of Interior in the first cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi. He also served as the Head of the Islamic Revolution Committee in 1981 (CE) and was elected as the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly for the fourth and fifth terms.


Political Stance

From the beginning of his political activities, Nateq Nouri was considered part of the Principlist faction. After losing in the 1997 (CE) presidential election, he became a critic of some parts of the Principlist faction. In 2013 (CE), he supported Hassan Rouhani and played an active role in the 2017 (CE) presidential election.


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