Background
Shamkhani was born on 29 September 1955 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan.
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Shamkhani was born on 29 September 1955 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan.
He studied engineering at Ahvaz University.
He is the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran. His family are of Iranian Arab origin. Shamkhani served as the commander of the IRGC navy with the rank of rear admiral.
Later he also commanded the Artesh navy in addition to the IRGC navy.
Then he held the post of the minister of defense from August 1997 until August 2005 in the government of Mohammad Khatami. Shamkani was replaced by Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar in the post.
In the 2001 presidential elections Shamkhani run for office. He was the director of the Iranian Armed Forces" Center for Strategic Studies from 2005 to 2013.
He is also military advisor to the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
On 10 September 2013, Shamkhani was appointed secretary of the Supreme National Security Council by President Hassan Rouhani.