Sowlat Mortazavi

Sowlat Mortazavi (Persian: صولت مرتضوی, born 5 May 1955) is an Iranian conservative politician and current Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs.

Sowlat Mortazavi
Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2021
President	Ebrahim Raisi
Preceded by	Office vacant, last held by Mohammad Shariatmadari (2017)
Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2021
President	Ebrahim Raisi
Preceded by	Mahmoud Vaezi
Mayor of Mashhad
In office 1 October 2013 – 1 September 2017
Preceded by	Mohammad Pejman
Succeeded by	Ghasem Taghizadeh-Khamesi
Governor-general of South Khorasan
In office 2005–2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Ebrahim Rezaei Babadi
Succeeded by	Ghahreman Rashid
Personal details
Born	(1955-05-05) 5 May 1955 Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution[1]

He is former Mayor of Mashhad. He was elected as the Mayor by the City Council by 19 votes on 20 September 2013 and sworn in on 1 October.[2] Before that, he was under-secretary in Politics of Ministry of Interior during Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar's time as Interior Minister. He was also Mayor of Birjand from 1990 to 1999.[3]

He was appointed as head of Country's Election Headquarters on 17 May 2011.[4] On 20 June 2017, he was suspended from his position as Mayor of Mashhad and all political offices by administrative justice court after he prevented from auditing in the municipality.[5]