Masoud Mir Kazemi

Sayyid Masoud Mir Kazemi (Persian: مسعود میرکاظمی; born 1960) is an Iranian conservative politician and the former Vice President of Iran and head of Plan and Budget Organization.

He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from Tehran district from 2012 until 2016, and also previously served at two ministerial posts in the cabinet of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

[6] He served as minister of petroleum from 2009 to 2011,[7] replacing Gholam Hossein Nozari after Ahmadinejad was re-elected.

On 9 May 2011, it was announced that Mir Kazemi, Sadegh Mahsouli and Ali Akbar Mehrabian would leave the cabinet.

[8] He was not participating in cabinet meetings from June 2011 and Mohammad Aliabadi was acting minister in his absence.