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Biography
Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi (Persian: محمدجواد آذری جهرمی) is an Iranian engineer and intelligence officer who is currently serving as the Minister of Information and Communications Technology in the administration of President Hassan Rouhani. He gained vote of confidence from the parliament on 20 August 2017, with 152 yeas, 120 nays, 7 abstentions and 9 invalid votes.
He is currently the youngest member of the cabinet of Iran, as well as the first Iranian minister born after the Iranian Revolution.
Career
Azari Jahromi held managerial positions in the Ministry of Intelligence from 2002 to 2009. From 2009 to 2014, he served as general manager of the communications systems security department at the Communication Regulatory Authority. He then became ex-officio vice minister of information and communications technology, in his capacity as the chairman of Telecommunications Infrastructure Company. Jahrami was also a non-executive member of the board of directors at RighTel between 2014 and 2016.