Shina Ansari

Shina Ansari (Persian: شینا انصاری; born 1972) is an Iranian politician and environmentalist and currently Vice President of Iran and the Head of Iran's Department of Environment.^[1]

Shina Ansari
شینا انصاری
Ansari in 2024
Vice President of Iran Head of Department of Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 August 2024
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Ali Salajegheh
Personal details
Born	1972 (age 52–53) Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	Islamic Azad University Bu-Ali Sina University
Occupation	Politician, Environmentalist, academician
Profession	PhD in Environmental Management

She is one of the three female members of the cabinet for President Pezeshkian.^[2]

She has a PhD from the Islamic Azad University within environmental management. Her previous roles and assignments were as follows:

• Advisor at Air Quality Control center at Municipality of Tehran
• Head of Environment and Sustainable Development, Municipality of Tehran
• General Director Bureau of Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Monitoring, Iran Department Of Environment
• Deputy of Technical Affairs, Alborz Province Environmental Directorate
• Deputy of Technical Affairs, Tehran Province Environmental Directorate

Personal life

In 2024, Ansari published a memoir titled Gat-e Marizi (“Step of Illness”), in which she shared her personal experience of living with breast cancer over several years.^[3]