Mehdi Ghazanfari

Mehdi Ghazanfari Khansari (Persian: مهدی غضنفری خوانساری, born 16 November 1960) is an Iranian politician and the current chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran since October 2021.^[2] He was Minister of Industries and Business from 3 August 2011 to 15 August 2013^[3] and Minister of Commerce in the second cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from 9 August 2009 to 3 August 2011.^[4]

Mehdi Ghazanfari
مهدی غضنفری
Ghazanfari in 2019
Chairman of the National Development Fund of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 October 2021
President	Ebrahim Raisi
Preceded by	Morteza Shahidzadeh
Minister of Industry, Mines and Business
In office 3 August 2011 – 15 August 2013
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Himself (Commerce) Ali Akbar Mehrabian (Industries and Mines)
Succeeded by	Mohammadreza Nematzadeh
Minister of Commerce
In office 3 September 2009 – 3 August 2011
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Masoud Mir Kazemi
Succeeded by	Himself (Industries and Business)
Personal details
Born	(1960-11-16) November 16, 1960 (age 64) Lorestan, Iran
Awards	Order of Service (2nd class)[1]