Reza Taghipour

Reza Taghipour
Minister of Communications
In office 21 August 2009 – 2 December 2012
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Mohammad Soleimani
Succeeded by	Ali Nikzad
Member of City Council of Tehran
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 September 2014
Personal details
Born	1957 Maragheh, Iran
Political party	Iranian Principlists
Alma mater	University of Bordeaux
Religion	Shia Islam

Reza Taghipour (born 1957, in Maragheh)^[1] is an Iranian politician who was the Minister of Communications from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as a member of Tehran City Council in 2013 local elections.

Executive Records

• Deputy of the Minister of ICT and head of Iran Space Agency since 2008.
• Deputy of managing director of Electronic Industries for 8 years (2000–2008).
• The Chairman of the board of Shiraz Electronic Industries for 3 years (2000–2003)
• The Chairman of the board of Isfahan Optics Industries (IOI) for 4 years
• The Chairman of the board of IS Iran for 3 years
• Deputy of the chairman of the board & managing director of Telecommunication Co. of IEI for 1.5 years
• Deputy of Industrial Research in Electronic and Telecommunication Group for 2 years
• Manager of Electronic and Computer Industry of Electronic and Telecommunication Group
• Member of the Board of Iran Electronic Industries Co. for 13 years (since 1996 till now)
• Managing Director of Shiraz Electronic Industries for 5 years
• Manager of Telecommunication Security Industries for 8 years
• Executive of the ICT ( N M) project for Training & Research Institute
• Member of the research council of Iran Electronic Research Center for 3 years

Research, Industrial and Educational activities

• Teaching the courses of executive managers development in Iran Electronic Industries
• Creating the center of research for telecommunication encoders and management, designing and producing of more than 14 encoders
• Creating the research center of Electronic war in Shiraz Electronic Industries
• Development of the optic and laser industries in Shiraz Electronic Industries
• Creating and developing the radar industries and microwave lamps in Shiraz Electronic Industries
• Creating and developing the marine electronic industry in IES
• Producing over 10 major industrial products such as anti-armor missile shooter, tank"s fire controller, ground care radar, high power microwave lamps, underwater wireless, underwater hearing and night vision glasses.

Honors

• Elected as the national outstanding manager in the ninth Shahid Rajaee Festival in 2005
• Achieving the first grade of Shahid Rajaee Festival in 1996
• Receiving the appreciation board from the minister of defense for self-sufficiency and strengthening the ability of defense forces
• Receiving the appreciation board for security control and command network from the commander of IRIAF in 2005
• Receiving the appreciation board for establishing the festival of using the implementation techniques and strategic plan from the managing director of Iran Electronic Industries in 2005
• Receiving the appreciation board for codifying the strategic plan from the CEO of Iran Electronic Industries in 2005
• Receiving the appreciation board for self-sufficiency and cutting dependence from the deputy of Jihad IRIMF research and self-sufficiency in 2005
• Receiving the appreciation board for empowering and developing the national power from the defense minister

Controversy

Taghipour was sanctioned by the European Union on 23 March 2012 for excessive censorship activity.^[1]

References

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• Biography

Cabinet of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005–2013)
Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs Manouchehr Mottaki (2005–2010) Ali Akbar Salehi (2010–2013) Minister of Agriculture Mohammad-Reza Eskandari (2005–2009) Sadeq Khalilian (2009–2013) Minister of Communications and IT Mohammad Soleimani (2005–2009) Reza Taghipour (2009–2013) Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Mohammad Jahromi (2005–2009) Reza Sheykholeslam (2009–2011) Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Hossein Saffar Harandi (2005–2009) Mohammad Hosseini (2009–2013) Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2005–2009) Ahmad Vahidi (2009–2013) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Davoud Danesh-Jafari (2005–2008) Shamseddin Hosseini (2008–2013) Minister of Education Mahmoud Farshidi (2005–2007) Alireza Ali-Ahmadi (2007–2009) Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee (2009–2013) Minister of Energy Parviz Fattah (2005–2009) Majid Namjoo (2009–2013) Minister of Health and Medical Education Kamran Bagheri Lankarani (2005–2009) Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi (2009–2013) Hassan Tarighat Monfared (2013) Minister of Industries and Mines Alireza Tahmasbi (2005–2007) Aliakbar Mehrabian (2007–2011) Minister of Intelligence Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i (2005–2009) Heydar Moslehi (2009–2013) Minister of Interior Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi (2005–2008) Ali Kordan (2008) Sadegh Mahsouli (2008–2009) Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar (2009–2013) Minister of Justice Jamal Karimi-Rad (2005–2006) Gholam-Hossein Elham (2006–2009) Morteza Bakhtiari (2009–2013) Minister of Petroleum Kazem Vaziri (2005–2007) Gholam-Hossein Nozari (2007–2009) Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2009–2011) Rostam Ghasemi (2011–2013) Minister of Roads and Transportation Mohammad Rahmati (2005–2008) Hamid Behbahani (2008–2011) Commerce Masoud Mir-Kazemi (2005–2009) Mehdi Ghazanfari (2009–2011) Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi (2005–2009) Kamran Daneshjoo (2009–2013) Minister of Welfare and Social Security Parviz Kazemi (2005) Abdulreza Mesri (2005–2009) Sadegh Mahsouli (2009–2011) Ministry of Cooperatives Mohammad Ardakani (2005–2006) Mohammad Abbasi (2006–2011) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Mohammad Saeedikia (2005–2009) Ali Nikzad (2009–2011) Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mohammad Abbasi (2011–2013) Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Welfare Reza Sheykholeslam (2011–2013) Asadollah Abbasi (2013) Minister of Industries and Business Mehdi Ghazanfari (2011–2013) Minister of Transportation and Housing Ali Nikzad (2011–2013)
Cabinet-level First Vice President Parviz Davoodi (2005–2009) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009) Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (2009–2013) Chief of Staff Gholam-Hossein Elham (2005–2006) Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2009–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (2005–2009) Ali Akbar Salehi (2009–2010) Mohammad Ahmadian (2010–2011) Fereydoon Abbasi (2011–2013) Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (2005–2009) Hamid Baqai (2009–2011) Ruhollah Ahmadzadeh (2011–2012) Mir-Hassan Mousavi (2012) Mohammed Sharif Malekzadeh (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization Fatemeh Javadi (2005–2009) Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh (2009–2013) Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Hossein Dehghan (2005–2009) Masoud Zaribafan (2009–2007) Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran Farhad Rahbar (2005–2006) Amir-Mansour Borgheie (2006–2007) Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs Amir-Mansour Borgheie (2007–2009) Ebrahim Azizi (2009–2012) Behrouz Moradi (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization Mohammad Aliabadi (2005–2009) Ali Saeidlou (2009–2011) Vice President for Parliamentary and Legal Affairs Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi (2005–2008) Majid Jafarzadeh* (2008) Mohammad-Reza Rahimi (2008–2009) Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini (2009–2012) Lotfollah Forouzandeh (2012–2013) Vice President for Legal Affairs Fatemeh Bodaghi (2009–2013) Vice President for Management and Human Resources Development Lotfollah Forouzandeh (?–2012) Ebrahim Azizi (2012–2013) Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation Parviz Davoodi (2005–2006) Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh (2006–2009) Nasrin Soltankhah (2009–2013) Vice President and Head of National Youth Organization Javad Haj Aliakbari (2005–2009) Mehrdad Bazrpash (2009–2010) Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Maryam Mojtahedzadeh (2013) Vice President for Executive Affairs Hamid Baqai (2011–2013)
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