Hossein Kazempour Ardebili

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hossein Kazempour Ardebili
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Oct 14, 1952(1952-10-14)
Age	72
Date Of Death	May 16, 2020, Tehran, Iran
Birthplace	Tehran
Country	Iran
Birth City	Tehran
Horoscope	Libra

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili Biography

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on October 14, 1952 in Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

To cover his expenses during his studies in the U.S. he worked as a pizza delivery man. He was Iran’s Commerce Minister in 1981 under Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai, when he was wounded in a bomb attack against the Islamic Republican Party headquarters. He related that the attack initially left him unable to walk and caused hearing loss. He had to go to Switzerland for treatment. During the international isolation against Iran in the early phase of Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988), he unsuccessfully lobbied Western governments to sell weapons to Iran. According to him, he had to sell Iranian oil to India at a low price of $10/barrel. At various times during the 1980s, he served as deputy foreign minister and deputy oil minister under Prime Minister Mir- Hossein Mousavi.

He served as the Iranian ambassador to Japan between March 1990 and December

1994. A Japanese police investigation in 2000 accused him of having been involved in exports of parts of antitank rocket launchers to Iran, violating Japanase restrictions against exports of weapons to Iran since 1967. According to the accusation, Kazempour and another employee of the embassy signed checks for Sun Beam, the Japanese company making the delivery. The former leaders of the (now-bankrupt) company pleaded guilty in March 2000, while the Iranian embassy at the time denied involvement and said that the sale was unauthorised. Kazempour was not charged because of diplomatic immunity, and afterwards refused to comment on the subject.

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili Net Worth

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili is one of the richest Politician from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hossein Kazempour Ardebili was born in Tehran in 1952. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from what is now the Allameh Tabataba’i University in 1974 and an MBA from the Oklahoma State University before the start of the Iranian Revolution.

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Hossein Kazempour Ardebili (Persian: حسین کاظم‌پور اردبیلی ‎, also spelled Hoseyn Kazempur-Ardabili or similar variations, 1952 – 16 May 2020) was an Iranian diplomat and politician, serving as Iran’s representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) from 1995 to 2008 and again from 2013 to his death in 2020. Previously, he served as the nation’s commerce minister, as well as deputy foreign minister and deputy oil minister at various times in the 1980s. He served as the Iranian ambassador to Japan from 1990 to 1994. He died in 2020 due to a brain haemorrhage. Bloomberg News called Ardebili the “ultimate OPEC negotiator” who “defended Iran’s oil interests through war and sanctions”.

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Husam Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Hossein Kazempour Ardebili celebrates birthday on October 14 of every year.