Majid Ansari

Majid Ansari
Ansari in 2021
Vice President of Iran for Legal Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 August 2024
President	Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded by	Mohammad Dehghan
In office 12 July 2016 – 9 August 2017
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Elham Aminzadeh
Succeeded by	Laya Joneydi
Vice President of Iran for Parliamentary Affairs
In office 1 September 2013 – 12 July 2016
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Lotfollah Forouzandeh
Succeeded by	Hossein Ali Amiri
In office 12 October 2004 – 29 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
Succeeded by	Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi (Parliamentary and Legal Affairs)
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2002
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office 1980–2004
Constituency	Kerman
Personal details
Born	(1954-03-30) 30 March 1954 (age 70) Khanuk, Iran
Political party	Association of Combatant Clerics

Majid Ansari (Persian: مجید انصاری; born in 1954 in Khanuk, Kerman Province) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council and Vice President for Legal Affairs since 2024 for second term. He was formerly Vice President for Legal Affairs from 2016 to 2017.

Previously held vice presidency in parliamentary affairs from 2004 to 2005, appointed by President Mohammad Khatami and the second term from 2013 to 2016 under President Hassan Rouhani. On 2 August 2017, Ansari announced that he will not be part of second Rouhani government. Ansari is also a former representative to the Assembly of Experts. Politically, he is a member of the Central Council of Association of Combatant Clerics.

Previously, he has been a representative of Tehran in the Parliament of Iran until 2004. Ansari has openly supported Sadegh Khalkhali, the hanging judge and his serial executions.[1]

References

1. ! خاتمی در مراسم ترحيم شيخ صادق خلخالی Archived 2007-10-08 at the Wayback Machine

Assembly seats
Preceded by Abdollah Nouri	Parliamentary leader of reformists Head of Hezbollah Assembly 1997–2000	Succeeded by Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur as Head of 2nd of Khordad fraction
Party political offices
New title	Head of Association of Combatant Clerics's parliamentary group 2000–2004 1992–1996	Vacant