Majid Ansari
Vice President of Iran
for Legal Affairs
In office
12 July 2016  9 August 2017
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byElham Aminzadeh
Succeeded byLaya Jonaidi
Vice President of Iran
for Parliamentary Affairs
In office
1 September 2013  12 July 2016
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byLotfollah Forouzandeh
Succeeded byHossein Ali Amiri
In office
13 October 2004  3 August 2005
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byMohammad-Ali Abtahi
Succeeded bySeyyed Ahmad Mousavi (Parliamentary and Legal Affairs)
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Assumed office
16 March 2002
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
1980–2004
ConstituencyKerman
Personal details
Born (1954-03-30) 30 March 1954
Khanuk, Iran
Political partyAssociation 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. He was formerly Vice President for Legal Affairs from July 12, 2016 until August 9, 2017. Previously held vice presidency in parliamentary affairs from October 12, 2004 to August 29, 2005, appointed by President Mohammad Khatami and the second term from September 1, 2013 until July 12, 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 and a current member of the Expediency Discernment Council. 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]

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