Curriculum Vitae

Name: Alireza
Surname: Sheikh Attar
Date of birth: 1953

Foreign Language: English

Career Background:

_1981-1986:Governor General of Kurdistan and West Azarbayjan Provinces
_1986-1990:Deputy Minister of Industries
_1992-1994:Advisor to Minister of Foreign Affairs for CIS
_1994-2000:Ambassador  to India
_2000-2001:Director General in the Foreign Minister's Office
_2001-2006:Head of Research Department for Asia in the Strategic Research Center
_2001-2006:Advisor to the Supreme Council of National Security
_2004-2006:Managing Director of Hamshari Newspaper

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for economic affairs

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs 

Academic Background:

_BS, Chemical Engineering form Sharif University of Science and Technology
_MA, Management from Tehran University
_Candidate of PhD, Strategic Sciences

Publications:

1983: Kurdistan
1993: Roots of Political behaviors in Caucasus and Central Asia
2003: Religion and Politics
2004: Kurds and regional and trans-regional powers

Different papers in Persian and English languages on different subjects such as Management, Central Asia, India, Iraq and Kurdistan