Ahmad Masjed-Jamei

Ahmed masjed Dschamei (Persian احمد مسجد جامعی, born June 6, 1956 in Tehran ) is an Iranian academic and reform politician who is the chairman of the City Council of Tehran since September 3, 2013 2000 to 2005 he was Minister of Culture under President Mohammad Khatami. He is a member of the National Trust Party.

Life

Masjed Dschamei has a Master of Human Geography at the University of Tehran. Masjed Dschamei was on 19 December 2000 Minister of Culture after Ataollah Mohajerani had been forced to resign because of criticism of the ultra- conservatives that he was " eroding moral standards." Masjed Dschamei previously served since August 22, 1997 as Deputy Minister of Culture.

As Minister of Culture masjed Dschamei trying to promote freedom of the press. He said that it helps in preventing the accumulation of " negative fear " in society. However, his efforts were undermined by Ali Chamene'i. Chamene'i ordered the ban of more than 100 newspapers during masjed Dschameis term as Minister of Culture, numerous journalists were arrested. Masjed Dschamei protested against the closure of newspapers and the arrests of many journalists, but this has no effect. Dschamei remained until August 2, 2005 in this office.

Dialogue of Civilizations

After the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president in the presidential election in 2005 masjed Dschamei was appointed Executive Director of the International Centre for Dialogue among Civilizations, a company founded by Khatami facility.

Chairman of the City Council

After the 2006 local elections he was on 11 January 2007 City Council of Tehran and was re-elected in 2013: After the local elections in 2013 masjed Dschamei was appointed by the reformers as Chairman of the City Council of Tehran. On September 3, 2013 masjed Dschamei was elected president with 16 of 31 votes, triggering Mehdi Tschamran from.