New Vice President Appointed

President Ebrahim Raeisi appointed Mohammad Mokhber as first vice president on Sunday in a first decree after his inauguration.
Mokhber, 66, has a PhD in international law and has held different management positions since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, including deputy governor general of Khuzestan Province and commercial deputy at the Mostazafan Foundation, IRNA reported.
In 2017, he was appointed as the head of the Headquarters for Execution of Imam Khomeini’s Order (tasked with helping the underprivileged) by a decree of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and has served this position until present.
He will now replace Eshaq Jahangiri who filled the post of first vice president for eight years during the two terms of former president Hassan Rouhani.
In a separate order, Raeisi also nominated Gholamhossein Esmaeili as his chief of staff.  
The 56-year-old official has taken up various judicial appointments including as prosecutor, head of national prisons organization and head of Tehran Court of Justice.
His most recent post was the spokesman of the judiciary which was previously headed by Raeisi.