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Nasrollah Jahangard | |
|---|---|
 Nasrollah Jahangard | |
| Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone Acting | |
| In office July 2000 – September 2000 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Reza Aref |
| Succeeded by | Abdollah Mirtaheri(acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-02-14)14 February 1958 (age 67) Tehran,Iran |
| Political party | Islamic Iran Participation Front |
| Alma mater | Shahid Beheshti University Amirkabir University of Technology |
Nasrollah Jahangard (born 1958) is an Iranianpolitician and former deputy minister of ICT in Technology and Innovation.
In October 2000, Jahangard was nominated forMinister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone but legislators turned him down.[1]
Back in 1997, he had been the Deputy Minister of Post, Telegraph & Telephone (PTT) for Development & Planning, which the ministry later renamed to Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Also, He was the secretary of theSupreme Council of ICT of Iran and PresidentMohammad Khatami's advisor and special envoy forICT affairs.He is a founding member of theIslamic Iran Participation Front and is a member of its political office.
He led the team for planning and implementingTakfa (similar to a "national ICT agenda" in some other countries), the first Iranian comprehensive countrywide plan forICT. He received hisbachelor's degree in computer engineering fromShahid Beheshti University and fromAmirkabir University of Technology; he earned hismaster's degree in system engineering.
Jahangard was among the leaders of the National Commission of Information Society and helped the Iranian delegation to take part inWorld Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) (Geneva 2003 andTunis 2005).
He was elected the Man of IT in Iran in March 2005 byCCW Magazine.
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