Mohammad Shariatmadari

Mohammad Shariatmadari (; born 24 June 1960) is an Iranian politician and current CEO of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation since December 2024.

He was former Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare. Shariatmadari was in position of minister of Industry, from 2017 to 2018. He also served as minister of commerce from 1997 to 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami. He was campaign chairman of Hassan Rouhani for 2017 bid. and regarded a moderate figure within the camp (in contrast to radical reformers), although he shares some views with the principlists.

Early life and education Shariatmadari was born in Tehran on 24 June 1960. He was one of the supporters of Ayatollah Mohammad Reyshahri in the presidential election in 1997. In 2006, he was appointed to then newly founded the Strategic Council for Foreign Relation as a member. He is also a foreign policy advisor to Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran. He was also appointed as acting Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports on 28 October 2013 after Rouhani's nominee for the post was rejected by the Parliament.

Candidacy for 2013 election In August 2012, the Society for Defending the Values of the Islamic Revolution announced that Shariatmadari as its candidate for the presidential election to be held in June 2013. He was among independent and technocrat candidates. On the other hand, he was also regarded as one of the reformist candidates. He announced in April 2013 that he would withdraw his candidacy if Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri, Mohammad Khatami or Hassan Khomeini run for the election. In May 2013, Shariatmadari withdrew his candidacy in favor of Rafsanjani.