Iran appoints second military officer as oil minister
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Friday, November 4, 2005
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has named another
candidate for oil minister.
Ahmadinejad has named Sadeq Mahsoul as oil minister in a move that has
sparked parliamentary opposition. Mahsou, an officer of the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps, was not said to have experience in managing the
oil sector.
In August 2005, parliament rejected Ahmadinejad's first appointment, Ali
Saeedlou, to
the Oil Ministry, Middle East Newsline reported. Since July, Iran has not had an oil minister.
Ahmadinejad has ordered a shakeup of the military, security and energy
sectors and has replaced professionals with former colleagues from the IRGC.
During the presidential campaign,
Ahmadinejad was highly critical of Iran's policy of offering energy
concessions to Western companies.
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