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.jpg) TEHRAN – In a decree issued on Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rohani appointed former MP Mohammad Baqer Nobakht as vice president for planning and strategic supervision and caretaker director of the personnel department of the presidential office.
Nobakht, an economist and politician, is the leader of the Moderation and Development Party.
He was a representative of Rasht in the Iranian parliament for four consecutive terms. He was the spokesman of the Rohani election campaign office and also the deputy director of the economic research department at the Center for Strategic Research of the Expediency Council.
In another decree issued on the same day, Rohani appointed former MP Elham Aminzadeh as vice president for legal affairs.
Rohani had previously appointed Es’haq Jahangiri as first vice president and Mohammad Nahavandian as head of the presidential office.
Rohani was elected as president of Iran on June 14, gaining 50.7 percent of the vote in an outright victory. He took office on August 3 after being officially endorsed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
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