Mahmoud Vaezi

Mahmoud Vaezi (Persian: محمود واعظی, born 22 May 1952) is an Iranian engineer, politician and former diplomat. He was minister of communication from 2013 until 2017 and chief of staff of the president of Iran from 2017 to 2021.

Mahmoud Vaezi
Vaezi in 2020
Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran
In office 20 August 2017 – 5 September 2021
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Mohammad Nahavandian
Succeeded by	Sowlat Mortazavi
Head of President's Office
In office 20 August 2017 – 8 August 2021
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Mohammad Nahavandian
Succeeded by	Gholam-Hossein Esmaeili
Minister of Information and Communications Technology
In office 15 August 2013 – 20 August 2017
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Mohammad Hassan Nami
Succeeded by	Mohammad Javad Jahromi
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-22) 22 May 1952 (age 72) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Moderation and Development Party[1]
Spouse	Parvin Dadandish[2]
Children	5[3]
Alma mater	Sacramento State University San Jose State University Louisiana State University
Awards	Dostlug Order[4]
Website	Governmental website

He obtained B.S. and M.S. in degrees in electrical engineering from Sacramento State University and San Jose State University and was PhD student in telecommunications engineering at Louisiana State University, which he left unfinished. He holds M.A. and PhD in international relations from Tehran and Warsaw Universities, respectively.

He was Deputy of Foreign Policy and International Relations position at Center for Strategic Research, from 1999 to 2013. He was managing director and chairman of the board of directors of Telecommunication Company of Iran and also the first deputy minister of post and telecommunication from 1980 to 1987. From 1990 to 1997, he was political deputy of foreign minister in Europe and American countries affairs. He was deputy foreign minister of Iran in Europe and American countries affairs before and an adviser to Hassan Rouhani in his 2013 presidential campaign and was considered a potential foreign minister in his first government, but he was nominated for the communication ministry. He announced on 26 July 2017 that he will not continue as communication minister in Rouhani's second cabinet. On 20 August 2017, he was named as Chief of Staff of the President of Iran.

During his tenure at the foreign ministry, he played role in signing Tehran Communiqué which aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the Karabakh dispute.^[5]