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Ahmad Masjed-Jamei
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
In office 14 January 2001 – 24 August 2005 Acting: 14 December 2000 – 14 January 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Ata'ollah Mohajerani
Succeeded by	Hossein Saffar Harandi
Chairman of the City Council of Tehran
In office 3 September 2013 – 3 September 2014
Deputy	Morteza Talaie
Preceded by	Mehdi Chamran
Succeeded by	Mehdi Chamran
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office 11 January 2007 – 4 August 2021
Majority	1,397,741
Personal details
Born	(1956-10-23) 23 October 1956 (age 68) Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Imperial State of Iran
Alma mater	University of Tehran

Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (Persian: احمد مسجدجامعی) is an Iranian reformist politician and academic who was chairman of City Council of Tehran from 3 September 2013 until 3 September 2014. He served as Culture Minister under President Mohammad Khatami from 2000 to 2005. He was elected a Tehran City Councillor in 2006 and was reelected in 2013.

Career

Culture Minister

Jamei became culture minister when Khatami's first minister, Ata'ollah Mohajerani, was forced to resign following criticism by conservatives for "eroding moral standards". Jamei previously served as deputy culture minister.

As culture minister he promoted freedom of the press, saying it helps to prevent the accumulation of "negative anxieties" in society. However his efforts were undermined by the judiciary which was controlled by the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, which ordered the closure of over 100 newspapers during Jamei's tenure as culture minister Jamei protested against the closure of newspapers and arrest of journalists without effect.

Dialogue among civilizations

Following the election Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president in the Iranian presidential election of 2005, Jamei was appointed managing director of the International Center for Dialogue Among Civilizations, an organization founded by Khatami.

Election as City Council chairman

After 2013 local election, he was nominated as chairman of City Council of Tehran by Reformists. Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani was also Reformists' nominee for Mayor of Tehran. On 3 September 2013, Masjed-Jamei was elected as chairman by 16 out of 31 votes and succeeded Mehdi Chamran in the post.

References

1. Senior reformer quits in Iran, BBC, 14 December 2000.
2. Iranian Culture minister calls for freedom of press, Payvand, 5 April 2003
3. Press Freedom Table, Freedom House
4. Iran minister protests questioning of journalists, Dawn, 17 February 2002
5. Fresh Appeal for Civilizational Dialogue, Iran Daily, 7 January 2006
6. مسجد جامعی رئیس شورای شهر تهران شد Khabar Online.

v t e Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)
Cabinet Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005) Minister of Agriculture** Isa Kalantari (1997–2001) Minister of Jihad of Construction** Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001) Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture** Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005) Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005) Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005) Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005) Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005) Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005) Minister of Education Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005) Minister of Energy Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005) Minister of Health and Medical Education Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005) Minister of Mines and Metals*** Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001) Minister of Industries*** Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001) Minister of Industries and Mines*** Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005) Minister of Intelligence Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005) Minister of Interior Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005) Minister of Justice Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005) Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005) Minister of Roads and Transportation Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005) Commerce Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005) Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005) Minister of Welfare and Social Security**** Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005) Ministry of Cooperatives Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)
Cabinet-level First Vice President Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005) Chief of Staff Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005) Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005) Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005) Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005) Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005) Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005) Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005) Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)
* Acting **Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture ***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines ****established in 2004

• Living people
• Politicians from Tehran
• Government ministers of Iran
• Iranian reformists
• Chairmen of City Council of Tehran
• Presidential advisers of Iran
• Tehran Councillors 2017–
• Tehran Councillors 2013–2017
• Tehran Councillors 2007–2013
• Recipients of the Order of Culture and Art
• 1956 births
• University of Tehran alumni