Alireza Ali Ahmadi
Minister of Education
In office 19 February 2008 – 3 September 2009 Acting: 1 December 2007 – 19 February 2008
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mahmoud Farshidi
Succeeded by	Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee
Personal details
Born	(1959-05-11) 11 May 1959 (age 65) Isfahan, Iran
Political party	Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution[1] YEKTA Front
Alma mater	Tarbiat Modares University Science and Technology University

Alireza Ali Ahmadi (born 11 May 1959 in Isfahan) is an Iranian politician and the current CEO of the National Iranian Tanker Company.^[2] He is the former Minister of Education from 2008 to 2009.^[3] Before his appointment as Minister of Education, he was chancellor of Payame Noor University.^[4] He was also proposed Minister of Commerce in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first cabinet which he was not confirmed by the Iranian Parliament. He was one of the candidates in 2013 presidential election but was withdrawn on 21 May.

v t e Cabinet of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005–2013)
Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki (2005–2010) Ali Akbar Salehi (2010–2013) Minister of Agriculture Mohammad-Reza Eskandari (2005–2009) Sadeq Khalilian (2009–2013) Minister of Communications and IT Mohammad Soleimani (2005–2009) Reza Taghipour (2009–2012) Ali Nikzad* (2012–2013) Mohammad-Hassan Nami (2013) Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mohammad Jahromi (2005–2009) Reza Sheykholeslam (2009–2011) Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Hossein Saffar Harandi (2005–2009) Mohammad Hosseini (2009–2013) Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2005–2009) Ahmad Vahidi (2009–2013) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Davoud Danesh-Jafari (2005–2008) Hossein Samsami* (2008) Shamseddin Hosseini (2008–2013) Minister of Education Ali-Asghar Fani* (2005) Mahmoud Farshidi (2005–2007) Alireza Ali-Ahmadi (2007–2009) Ramezan Mohsenpour* (2009) Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee (2009–2013) Minister of Energy Parviz Fattah (2005–2009) Majid Namjoo (2009–2013) Minister of Health and Medical Education Kamran Bagheri Lankarani (2005–2009) Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi (2009–2012) Hassan Tarighat Monfared (2012-2013) Minister of Industries and Mines Alireza Tahmasbi (2005–2007) Ali Akbar Mehrabian (2007–2011) Mehdi Ghazanfari* (2011) Minister of Intelligence Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i (2005–2009) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad* (2009) Heydar Moslehi (2009–2013) Minister of Interior Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (2005–2008) Seyyed Mehdi Hashemi* (2008) Ali Kordan (2008) Kamran Daneshjoo* (2008) Sadegh Mahsouli (2008–2009) Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2009–2013) Minister of Justice Jamal Karimi-Rad (2005–2006) Gholam-Hossein Elham (2006–2009) Morteza Bakhtiari (2009–2013) Minister of Petroleum Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh (2005–2007) Gholam-Hossein Nozari (2007–2009) Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2009–2011) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad* (2011) Mohammad Aliabadi* (2011) Rostam Ghasemi (2011–2013) Minister of Roads and Transportation Mohammad Rahmati (2005–2008) Hamid Behbahani (2008–2011) Ali Nikzad* (2011) Minister of Commerce Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2005–2009) Mehdi Ghazanfari (2009–2011) Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi (2005–2009) Kamran Daneshjoo (2009–2013) Minister of Welfare and Social Security Davoud Madadi* (2005) Parviz Kazemi (2005-2006) Ali Yousefpour* (2006) Abdolreza Mesri (2006–2009) Nad-Ali Olfatpour* (2009) Sadegh Mahsouli (2009–2011) Ministry of Cooperatives Mohammad Ardakani (2005–2006) Mohammad Abbasi (2006–2011) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Mohammad Saeedikia (2005–2009) Ali Nikzad (2009–2011) Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mohammad Abbasi (2011–2013) Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Welfare Reza Sheykholeslam (2011–2013) Asadollah Abbasi (2013) Minister of Industries and Business Mehdi Ghazanfari (2011–2013) Minister of Roads and Urban Development Ali Nikzad (2011–2013)
Cabinet-level First Vice President Parviz Davoodi (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009) Mohammad Reza Rahimi (2009–2013) Head of President's Office Gholam-Hossein Elham (2005–2007) Reza Sheykholeslam (2007-2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012–2013) Chief of Staff Ali Saeedlou (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009–2011) Hamid Baghaei (2011–2013) Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (2005–2009) Ali Akbar Salehi (2009–2010) Mohammad Ahmadian* (2010–2011) Fereydoon Abbasi (2011–2013) Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2005–2009) Hamid Baghaei (2009–2011) Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh (2011–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012) Mohammed Sharif Malekzadeh (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization Fatemeh Javadi (2005–2009) Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh (2009–2013) Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Hossein Dehghan (2005–2009) Masoud Zaribafan (2009–2013) Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran Farhad Rahbar (2005–2006) Amir-Mansour Borgheie (2006–2007) Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs Amir-Mansour Borgheie (2007–2009) Ebrahim Azizi (2009–2012) Behrouz Moradi (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization Mohammad Aliabadi (2005–2009) Ali Saeedlou (2009–2011) Vice President for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi (2005–2008) Majid Jafarzadeh* (2008) Mohammad Reza Rahimi (2008–2009) Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini (2009–2012) Lotfollah Forouzandeh (2012–2013) Vice President for Legal Affairs Fatemeh Bodaghi (2009–2013) Vice President for Management and Human Resources Development Amir-Mansour Borgheie* (2007) Ebrahim Azizi (2007–2009) Lotfollah Forouzandeh (2009–2012) Ebrahim Azizi (2012) Gholam-Hossein Elham (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation Parviz Davoodi (2006–2007) Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh (2007–2009) Nasrin Soltankhah (2009–2013) Vice President and Head of National Youth Organization Javad Haj Aliakbari (2005–2009) Mehrdad Bazrpash (2009–2010) Homayoun Hamidi* (2011) Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Maryam Mojtahedzadeh (2013) Vice President for Executive Affairs Hamid Baghaei (2011–2013) Vice President for Foreign Affairs Ali Saeedlou (2011–2013) Vice President for Enforcing the Constitution Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini (2012–2013)
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