Ali Asghar Mounesan

Ali Asghar Mounesan (Persian: علی‌اصغر مونسان) is an Iranian politician and former minister of Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, was appointed on 13 August 2017 by President Hassan Rouhani.[1]

Ali Asghar Mounesan
Minister of Cultural Heritage
In office
3 September 2019 – 25 August 2021
Acting: 21 August – 3 September 2019
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEzzatollah Zarghami
Vice President of Iran
Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
In office
13 August 2017 – 21 August 2019
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byZahra Ahmadipour
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born1970 (age 52–53)[1]
Tehran, Iran
Alma materSharif University of Technology[1]
Amirkabir University of Technology
ProfessionCivil engineer[1]

He was formerly head of the Free Trade Zone in Kish Island,[1] general manager of the Mostazafan Foundation company Atisaz and the general manager of the Engineering and Development Organization of the City of Tehran.[2] In 2014, he was appointed as a board member of Persepolis F.C.[2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, he contracted novel coronavirus.[3] He had recovered from the virus.[4]

References
  1. "President appoints head of cultural heritage organization", IRNA, 13 August 2017, archived from the original on 20 September 2017, retrieved 15 August 2017
  2. "Politics, Revolutionary Guard Corps still interfere in Iranian soccer". Al-Monitor. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. "Iran's vice president and two ministers stricken by coronavirus". Al Jazeera English. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. "Dozens of Iranian Officials Test Positive for Coronavirus". IranWire. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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