Ali Nikzad is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian politician and academic and the current Minister of Transportation and Housing

Ministry of Transportation and Housing (Iran)

The Ministry of Transportation and Housing is an Iranian government body responsible for the oversight of Construction industry, roadway, railway, airway and seaway transport inside the country and transport connections between Iran and other countries that formed on 27 June 2011.-See...

. He was Minister of Housing and Urban Development

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (Iran)

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development was an Iranian government body responsible for the oversight of Construction industry in Iran. In June 2011, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Roads and Transportation was marged and estabilished Ministry of Transportation...

 from August 2009 to June 2011. He was also Acting Minister of Roads and Transportation

Ministry of Roads and Transportation (Iran)

Ministry of Roads and Transportation of Iran , was the main organ of Iranian Government responsible for administration of roadway, railway, airway and seaway transport inside the country and transport connections between Iran and other countries. Currently its Acting minister is Ali Nikzad...

 from February to June 2011. As Minister of Housing, He replacing with Mohammad Saeedi Kia after President

President of Iran

The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in, and the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; although subordinate to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state...

 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected

Iranian presidential election, 2009

Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...

. On 7 February 2011, Nikzad was appointed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Acting Minister of Roads and Transportation to succeed former dismissed Minister Hamid Behbahani

Hamid Behbahani

Hamid Behbahani is an Iranian university professor and politician who served as Minister of Roads and Transportation from 2 August 2008 to 1 February 2011 when he was impeached by the Parliament of Iran....

. From 2005 to 2009, He was Governor of Ardabil

Ardabil

Ardabil is a historical city in north-western Iran. The name Ardabil probably comes from the Zoroastrian name of "Artavil" which means a holy place. Ardabil is the center of Ardabil Province. At the 2006 census, its population was 412,669, in 102,818 families...

Province.

Political positions

• President of Housing and Urban Development of Ardabil
• Mayor of Ardabil
• Governor of Ardabil
• Deputy Minister of Interior in Urban Affairs
• Member of Council of Housing
• Advisor of President on Development Affairs
• Minister of Housing and Urban Development
• Minister of Roads and Transportation
• Minister of Transportation and Housing