Ali Shahbazi

Timsar Ali Shahbazi
Born	25 February 1937 Qom, Iran
Allegiance	Iran
Service / branch	Ground Forces
Years of service	1960–2000
Rank	Major general
Commands	Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Battles / wars	Iran–Iraq War

Ali Shahbazi (Persian: علی شهبازی) is the former commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army.

Career

Shahbazi was appointed by Rafsanjani as the chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Joint Staff on 7 May 1988.[1] Shahbazi was the first commander-in-chief of the Iranian Army.[2] He was succeeded by major general Mohammad Salimi when he resigned from office in May 2000.[3] Then he became the head of the Trusted University Council for National Defense and chief military advisor of Ali Khamenei.[2]

See also

• List of Iranian two-star generals since 1979

References

1. Gera, Gideon. "The Iraqi-Iranian War" (PDF). Dayan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
2. "Iran's regular army gets new chief as reshuffle goes on". Iran Focus. 11 September 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
3. "Iranian Leader Appoints New Army Commanders". People's Daily. 23 June 2000. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

Military offices
Preceded by Esmaeil Sohrabi	Chief-of-Staff of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army 1988–1998	Office demoted
First Office established	Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army 1998–2000	Succeeded by Mohammad Salimi