Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi

Iranian politician and artist

Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi محمد بهشتی شیرازی


Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
In office 2 September 1997 – 2 June 2003
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hossein Marashi

Personal details
Born	(1952-02-28) 28 February 1952 (age 72) Shiraz, Iran
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front
Alma mater	National University of Tehran

Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (Persian: محمد بهشتی شیرازی; born 28 February 1952) is an Iranian politician, artist and cultural figure who is currently Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization.^[1] He was the first head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization, being appointed on 2 September 1997 by Mohammad Khatami and held the office until 2 June 2003 when he replaced with Hossein Marashi.^[2] He was also head of the Fajr International Film Festival and a member of Iranian Academy of the Arts. He is an assistant professor at Shahid Beheshti University.

He is the younger brother of Alireza Beheshti Shirazi, one of the advisers of Mir-Hossein Mousavi during 2009 presidential election.^[3]

References

^ خبرآنلاین - سیدمحمد بهشتی: انحلال خانه سینما از سوی ارشاد امکان‌پذیر نیست (Persian)
^ یک قرن مدیریت بر میراث کهن(Persian)
^ مشاوران زندانی میرحسین موسوی کیستند؟ | ندای سبز آزادی(Persian)

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)
Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)
Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)
Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)
Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)
Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)
Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)
Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)
Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004