Ali Asghar Mounesan

Ali Asghar Mounesan
Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts
In office
3 September 2019 – 25 August 2021
Acting: 21 August – 3 September 2019
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEzzatollah Zarghami
Vice President of Iran
Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
In office
13 August 2017 – 21 August 2019
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byZahra Ahmadipour
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born1970 (age 54–55)[1]
Tehran, Iran
Alma materSharif University of Technology[1]
Amirkabir University of Technology
ProfessionCivil engineer[1]

Ali Asghar Mounesan (Persian: علی‌اصغر مونسان) is an Iranian politician and a former minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts.He was appointed on 13 August 2017 by President Hassan Rouhani.[1]

He was formerly head of the Free Trade Zone in Kish Island,[1] general manager of the company Atisaz and the general manager of the Engineering and Development Organization of the City of Tehran.[2] In 2014, he was appointed as a board member of Persepolis F.C.[2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, he contracted novel coronavirus.[3] He had recovered from the virus.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "President appoints head of cultural heritage organization", IRNA, 13 August 2017, archived from the original on 20 September 2017, retrieved 15 August 2017
  2. ^ a b "Politics, Revolutionary Guard Corps still interfere in Iranian soccer". Al-Monitor. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Iran's vice president and two ministers stricken by coronavirus". Al Jazeera English. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Dozens of Iranian Officials Test Positive for Coronavirus". IranWire. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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