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Ahmad Vahidi
Iranian politician (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmad Shah Cheraghi (Persian: احمد وحیدی, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi,[2] is an Iranian military commander of the Revolutionary Guards and current Minister of Interior since August 25, 2021. In addition, he is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[3]
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Ahmad Vahidi | |
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![]() Vahidi in 2022 | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Service/ | Revolutionary Guards |
Years of service | 1980–2021 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Commands held | Quds Force[1] |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Minister of Interior | |
Assumed office 25 August 2021 | |
President | Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) Masoud Pezeshkian |
Preceded by | Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli |
Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
Assumed office 14 March 2012 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 3 September 2009 – 15 August 2013 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Preceded by | Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar |
Succeeded by | Hossein Dehghan |
Personal details | |
Born | Ahmad Shahcheraghi (1958-06-27) 27 June 1958 (age 66) Shiraz, Iran |
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In 1988, he was appointed commander of its extraterritorial special forces, Quds Force.[4] He was the minister of defense under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, having held the post from 3 September 2009 until 15 August 2013. Vahidi was formerly president of the Supreme National Defense University from August 2016 to 2021.[5]