Abbas Salehi

Abbas Salehi
Vice Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for Cultural Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 October 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Ali Esmaeili
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Acting
In office 19 October 2016 – 1 November 2016
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Ali Jannati
Succeeded by	Reza Salehi Amiri
Personal details
Born	c. 1964 (age 51–52)[1] Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran[1]
Alma mater	Qom Seminary[1]

Seyyed Abbas Salehi (Persian: سید عباس صالحی‎‎) is an Iranian scholar and journalist who is currently holding office as the Vice Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance. He was acting Minister of Culture from 19 October until 1 November 2016.^[1] Salehi is a contributor author to the Tafsir Rahnama and has been a member of Qom Seminary's preaching affairs board of trustees.^[1]

References

Ministers of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran
Nasser Minachi Abbas Douzdouzani Majid Moadikhah Mohammad Khatami Ali Larijani Mostafa Mir-Salim Ata'ollah Mohajerani Ahmad Masjed-Jamei Hossein Saffar Harandi Mohammad Hosseini Ali Jannati Reza Salehi Amiri

Cabinet of President Hassan Rouhani (since 2013)
Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs Javad Zarif (2013–present) Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati (2013–present) Minister of Communications and IT Mahmoud Vaezi (2013–present) Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei (2013–present) Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati (2013–2016) Abbas Salehi* (2016) Reza Salehi Amiri (2016–present) Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Hossein Dehghan (2013–present) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayebnia (2013–present) Minister of Education Ali-Asghar Fani (2013–2016) Mohammad Bathaei* (2016) Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani (2016–present) Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian (2013–present) Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Hashemi (2013–present) Minister of Industries, Mones and Business Mohammadreza Nematzadeh (2013–present) Minister of Intelligence Mahmoud Alavi (2013–present) Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–present) Minister of Justice Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2013–present) Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (2013–present) Minister of Transportation and Housing Abbas Ahmad Akhondi (2013–present) Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Reza Salehi Amiri* (2013) Mohammad Shariatmadari* (2013) Mahmoud Goudarzi (2013–2016) Nasrollah Sajjadi* (2016) Masoud Soltanifar (2016–present) Minister of Science, Research and Technology Jafar Towfighi* (2013) Reza Farajidana (2013–2014) Mohammad-Ali Najafi* (2014) Mohammad Farhadi (2014–present)
Cabinet-level First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri (2013–present) Chief of Staff Mohammad Nahavandian (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Mohammad-Ali Najafi (2013–2014) Masoud Soltanifar (2014–2016) Zahra Ahmadipour (2016–present) Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization Masoumeh Ebtekar (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (2013–present) Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation Sorena Sattari (2013–present) Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari (2013–2016) Hossein Ali Amiri (2016–present) Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Shahindokht Molaverdi (2013–present) Vice President for Legal Affairs Elham Aminzadeh (2013–2016) Majid Ansari (2016–present) Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (2013–present) Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohammad Shariatmadari (2013–present) Vice President and Head of Administrative and Employment Affairs Organization Jamshid Ansari (2016–present)
* Acting See also: Confirmations of Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet