Mr Saeid Rasouli has been appointed the new Vice-Minister for Roads and Urban Development, Chairman of the Board and President of RAI as of March 2019.
Mr Rasouli has been Member of the Board at the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran (RAI) since 22 January 2017. Ha was formerly Vice-President for Planning and Transport Economy at RAI and held various high-level roles at Iran’s President Office and within the Management and Planning Organisation.
UIC Director General Mr Jean-Pierre Loubinoux is pleased to acknowledge the appointment of Mr Rasouli by congratulating him on his new role at the head of Iranian Railways. He said that Iran has significant railway projects in the pipeline and UIC will be delighted to pursue its cooperation to support Iranian Railways in their development. The UIC office in Tehran will remain for its part very active by working in conjunction with the Middle-East region and fostering links with all its members.
Biography
Mr Saeid Rasouli was born in 1968 in Malayer. He graduated from Shahid Chamran
University in Ahvaz in the field of Water Engineering and is a graduate in Structural
Engineering from the same university at PhD level. He has been working at different
positions the most important of which are as follows:
- Member of the Board at the Railways of the Islamic Republic of Iran (RAI)
- Vice-President for Planning and Transport Economy (RAI)
- Advisor to Iran President’s Deputy for Strategic Planning and Supervision
- Chairman of Iran’s Coordination and Integration of Planning and Budget
- Affairs
- Chairman of Coordination, Integration, and Allocation of the Iran’s Budget,
- Director General for “Parliament Affairs Coordination Office” of Management
- and Planning Organisation of Iran
- Deputy for Iran first Vice- President’s Office
- Deputy Director General for Human Resource Development of Management,
- and Planning Organisation of Iran
(Source: RAI)
