Safdar Hosseini

Safdar Hosseini (; born 1954) is an Iranian academic and politician, who has served in various cabinet posts. He was chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran from 2013 until 2016.

Early life and education Hosseini was born in 1954. Hosseini was replaced by Davoud Danesh-Jafari on 24 August 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected president.

Personal life His daughter, Fatemeh Hosseini, is the youngest member of Parliament of Iran.

Controversy In 2016, while serving as the head of National Development Fund of Iran, it was leaked that Hosseini received more than $23,000 per month (dozens of times what the lowest-paid government workers earn). As a result of the scandal, Safdar Hosseini and his colleagues at the board of the Fund were forced to resign from the office.