The Iranian legislative body, also known as Majlis, convened today in the presence of the Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament speaker Mohammad Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf

In the opening session of the parliament, the Iranian president delivered a speech, defending the qualifications of the proposed ministers who will take over 19 ministerial posts in case of getting the vote of confidence.  

The president has proposed Mohsen Niknejad as the nominee for the Petroleum Ministry. Over the recent days, a growing number of oil industry managers have spoken in his favor.

Paknejad will be the 14th administration’s Minister of Petroleum in case of securing a vote of confidence.

Born in 1966 in the capital city of Tehran, Mohsen Paknejad has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Tehran University and a master's degree in Industrial engineering from the AmirKabir University of Technology.

He has already served in the Petroleum Ministry as the deputy minister of petroleum for supervision over hydrocarbon resources from 2018 to 2021.

Paknejad started his career in the early 1990s in the Ministry of Energy and then moved to the Petroleum Ministry in 1997 where he has served in different managerial posts