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Biography and CV of H.E. Mohammad Javad Zarif

The Honorable Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran

 

Biography

Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif was born to a religious traditional family in Tehran in 1959. He completed his primary and secondary schools in the Alavi School. Due to the political and security conditions of the time, he decided to continue his education in the United States. During his studies in the US, Zarif was an activist of the Islamic Association of Students in Canada and the US. He began his undergraduate studies in International Relations in San Francisco State University in 1977. He then earned his PhD in International Law and Politics from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1988.

Dr. Zarif has many years of experience in different posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the Deputy Minister for Legal and International Affairs for ten years. He was also the Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in New York for five years. During his career as a diplomat, Dr. Zarif has been selected for several times as a Distinguished Director at the national and organizational levels.

Dr. Zarif has also occupied various and important international posts such as the Chairman of the Sixth (Legal) Committee of the 47thUnited Nations General Assembly, Chairman of the UNESCO Cultural Commission, member of the Group of Eminent Lawyers to Amend the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Conference, Vice-President of the United Nations General Assembly, Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament Commission and Chairman of Political Committee of the12th Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Durban. Dr. Zarif was also in charge of the Political Committee of the OIC Summit in Tehran and the Head of the Executive Committee of the Islamic Inter-parliamentary Meeting in Tehran.

Dr. Zarif has taught for more than two decades at the university level. He is a visiting lecturer at the School of International Relations in Tehran and a member of the academic staff of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at the University of Tehran.

He has a good record of scholastic publications in the form of books and journal papers in English and Persian languages on various international issues such as multilateral diplomacy, international organizations, disarmament and other politico-security issues.

Dr. Zarif has two children who are married and are presently working in Iran.

 

CV

Name: Mohammad Javad Zarif

DoB: January 8, 1960

Born in: Tehran

Marital Status: Married with two children

 Education

1988	Ph.D. International Law and Politics Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
1984	M.A. International Relations, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver
1982	M.A. International Relations, San Francisco State University
1981	B.A. International Relations, San Francisco State University

 

Executive Background

2011-2013	Political Advisor to the Head	Center for Strategic Research
2011 March-August	Vice-President for International Affairs	Islamic Azad University
2007-2010	Senior Assistant to Foreign Minister	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2002-2007	Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative	Iranian Mission to the UN, New York
1992-2002	Deputy for Legal and International Affairs	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1989-1992	Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Permanent Representative	Iranian Mission to the UN, New York
1988-1989	Advisor to Minister	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1982-1988	Political Advisor, Counselor, Charges d`affaires	Iranian Mission to the UN, New York
1978-1980	Advisor	Iranian General Consulate in San Francisco

 

Major International Assignments

2007-2009	Chairman	UNESCO Cultural Commission
2005-2006	Member	Group of Eminent Lawyers to Amend the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Conference
2003-2005	Vice-President	United Nations General Assembly
2001	Chairman	Asian Meeting of the World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
2000-2002	Member	UN Group of Eminent Persons on Dialogue among Civilizations
2000	Chairman	United Nations Disarmament Commission
2000	Chairman	OIC High-Level Expert Committee on Dialogue among Civilizations, Jeddah
1999	Chair	Islamic Symposium on Dialogue among Civilizations, Tehran
1998	Chairman	Political Committee, 12th Non-Aligned Summit, Durban
1998	Chairman	High-Level Governmental Expert Committee on Confidence Building, Tehran
1997	Spokesman, Chair of the Senior Experts Meeting, Head of the Political and Legal Committee	8th Summit Meeting of the OIC, Tehran
1997-1998	President	Asian African Legal Consultative Committee, New Delhi
1994	Chair of the Opening Ceremony	UN International Law Congress, New York
1993	Chairman of the Drafting Committee	Asian Summit on Human Rights, Bangkok
1992-1993	Chair of the Legal Committee	47th General Assembly of the United Nations, New York