Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini
# Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini

Mir-Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini (میرعلی اشرف عبدالله پوری حسینی in Persian, born 1961 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian economist, politician, vice president of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance and president of Iranian Privatization Organization in the cabinet of Hassan Rouhani and former member of Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Tabriz.

## Controversy and Arrest

Porihoseini's actions in his capacity as the head of privatization organization has been controversial for few years especially the acquisition of a national meat factory (Ardabil Meat Industrial Complex) by a private entity that Porihoseini himself, was a stakeholder. On 14 August 2019 he was arrested on the charge of improper transactions and economic fraud.

