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Siamak Rahpeyk, Lawyer

Published 2020-03-16

Siamak Rahpeyk: Lawyer

Name Siamak
Family Name Rahpeyk
Father’s Name Gholam Hossein
Date of Birth 1963
Date of Death Living
Place of Birth Tehran
Education Bachelor and Master’s of Judicial Rights / PhD in Private Law
Place of Education Tarbiyat-i-Modares
Type of Membership Lawyer
Entering Year 2010
Age during Entry to Council 47
Duration of Presence 9 years
Period Sixth / Seventh
Post No Position

 

Siamak Rahpeyk (سيامك ره‌پيك) studied Judicial Sciences and got his PhD in Private Law from Tarbiyat-i-Modares University. During the Iran-Iraq war, he was completing his education. Arseh Sevom could find no record of his political and student activities.

After completing his PhD, Rahpeyk worked for the Ministry of Intelligence and published on national security issues in the Strategic Studies Journal affiliated with the Research Department of the Ministry of Intelligence. At that time, Rahpeyk sat on committees that monitored the duties of members of scientific boards and codified the rules for selection and dismissal of professors.

Later, Rahpeyk was the head of the Research Center of the Guardian Council. Ayatollah Jannati appointed him as the spokesperson for the Election Observation Board. One year after the 2009 presidential elections, Rahpeyk was rewarded for his service with a seat on the Guardian Council. He was later appointed by Jannati as Executive Deputy of Elections Affairs of the Council.

In 2016, Rahpeyk stepped down. Just two years later, in 2018, he was again selected for the Guardian Council as a lawyer and holds that seat currently.

Background:

  • Deputy of Executive and Elections Affairs of Guardian Council
  • Director of Research Department of Guardian Council
  • Head of the University of Judicial Sciences
  • Chief Editor of Legal Perspective Quarterly
  • Director of Strategic Studies Quarterly and the Head of Strategic Institute

Read the full profile in Persian: https://www.arsehsevom.net/profile-siamak-rah-peak/