Ali Yousefpour

Ali Yousefpour (Persian: علی یوسف‌پور) is an Iranian journalist and conservative politician who was formerly a member of the Parliament of Iran from 1984 to 1996. In 2006, he was appointed as the caretaker for the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security under administration of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Ali Yousefpour
Acting Minister of Welfare and Social Security
In office
25 September 2006  29 October 2006
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byParviz Kazemi
Succeeded byAbdolreza Mesri
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1984  28 May 1996
ConstituencyArdal
Majority33,412 (34.1%)
Personal details
Bornc. 1955 (age 6869)
Naghan, Iran
Political partySociety of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution
EducationMechanical engineering
Political science
Strategic management
Alma materIran University of Science and Technology
Shahid Beheshti University
Supreme National Defense University
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1980–1984

Yousefpour is editor of Siyaset-e Rooz newspaper (lit.'the Daily Politics').

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