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Alireza Avayi

Seyed Ali Reza Avaei
Minister of Justice
In office
20 August 2017 – 25 August 2021
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byMostafa Pourmohammadi
Succeeded byAmin Hossein Rahimi
Personal details
Born
Seyed Ali Reza Avaei

(1956-05-20) 20 May 1956 (age 68)
Dezful, Iran[1]
Alma materUniversity of Tehran[1]

Seyyed Alireza Avaei (Persian: سید علیرضا آوایی; born 20 May 1956 in Dezful, Iran) is an Iranian conservative[2] politician and former prosecutor, who was the Minister of Justice from 20 August 2017 to 25 August 2021. He gained the vote of confidence from the parliament with 244 yeas, 18 nays, 23 abstentions and 3 invalid votes.[3]

Career

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Avaei served most of his career in the judiciary, being appointed the prosecutor general of his native Dezful in the eve of Iranian Revolution in 1979 and holding the same office in Ahvaz in 1988.[1] In 1988, Avaei was the prosecutor general in Dezful involving the 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners.[4] Between 1994 and 2002, he was the most senior judiciary official in the provinces of Lorestan, Markazi and Isfahan, before assuming the position in Tehran Province from 2005 to 2014.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Hassan Rouhani's cabinet is complete. Here's the full list", Tehran Times, 8 August 2017, retrieved 8 August 2017
  2. ^ Raz Zimmt (10 August 2017), "The Second Rouhani Government: Public Demands and Presidential Constraints", INSS Insight (963), The Institute for National Security Studies, retrieved 20 August 2017
  3. ^ "Almost All Ministers Proposed by Rouhani Receive Vote of Confidence", Iran Front Page, 20 August 2017, retrieved 20 August 2017
  4. ^ "Blood-soaked secrets with Iran's 1998 Prison Massacres are ongoing crimes against humanity" (PDF). Retrieved December 14, 2018.
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