Ahmad Meydari

Ahmad Meydari is an Iranian politician and economist who has been the Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare since August 21, 2024. He was the former representative of Abadan Constituency in the sixth convocation of the Islamic Consultative Assembly and a member of the Economic Commission of that body.

Biography

Meydari has a specialized doctorate in economics and a master's degree in economic development and planning from Tehran University. He has a teaching experience at Allameh Tabatabai University and Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, and in 2012, he completed a short-term educational and research course at the United Nations University in social welfare.
Meydari was a representative of the sixth convocation of the Islamic Consultative Assembly from the constituency of Abadan and was a member of its Economic Commission. The signature of the letter known as Jam Zahr to the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran of the Ministry of Cooperation, Labor and Social Welfare. On 21 August 2024 he was confirmed as Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare in the Government of Masoud Pezeshkian.