Mohammad Forouzandeh

Sardar
Mohammad Forouzandeh
محمد فروزنده
Forouzandeh in 2014
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 February 2007
Appointed byAli Khamenei
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hassan Rouhani
Ebrahim Raisi
Mohammad Mokhber (acting)
Masoud Pezeshkian
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
Head of Mostazafan Foundation
In office
22 July 1999 – 22 July 2014
Appointed byAli Khamenei
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Hassan Rouhani
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohsen Rafighdoost
Succeeded byMohammad Saeedikia
Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics
In office
16 August 1993 – 20 August 1997
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byAkbar Torkan
Succeeded byAli Shamkhani
2nd Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces
In office
30 September 1989 – 11 September 1993
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byHassan Firouzabadi
Succeeded byAli Sayad Shirazi
Chief of the General Staff of the IRGC
In office
1987 – 22 September 1989
PresidentAli Khamenei
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byAlireza Afshar
Succeeded byMohammad Bagher Zolghadr
Personal details
Born1960 (age 65–66)
Tehran, Iran
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/service IRGC[1]
Years of service
1979–2007
Rank Brigadier General
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Mohammad Forouzandeh Behbahani (Persian: محمد فروزنده بهبهانی; born in 1960) is an Iranian politician and security figure. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

He was the former head of the Bonyad-e Mostazafen va Janbazan (Foundation of the Oppressed and Disabled).[2] His tenure as head of the foundation began on December 3, 2004, and was renewed for another five years on December 2, 2009.[3] He resigned from his post on July 22, 2014, and was replaced by Mohammad Saeedikia. He served as chief of staff of the Revolutionary Guard from late 1987 to 1989[4] and later as Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D. Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; S. R. Bohandy (2009). "The Rise of the Pasdaran" (PDF). RAND Corporation. p. 106. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Bonyad-e Mostazafan van Janbazan: Oppressed and Disabled Veterans Foundation (MJF)GlobalSecurity.org Page last modified: 10-07-2008. 15 March 2009
  3. ↑ Bonyad Chief Reinstated Archived 2009-05-05 at the Wayback Machine Iran Daily, December 3, 2005.
  4. ↑ James Bruce (1989), "Iran Strengthens Guards with Leader Reshuffle", Jane's Defence Weekly, 12: 703
  5. ↑ Katzman, Kenneth. "Iran’s Bonyads: Economic Strengths and Weaknesses". 6 August 2006 Archived 25 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed 15-May-2009
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