Ali Fadavi


Ali Fadavi is an Iranian military officer who currently holds office as the second highest commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hierarchy.

Early life and education

He was born in 1961. Fadavi studied at Isfahan University of Technology, where he gained a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and a MS in strategic management.

Military career

Fadavi joined the IRGC in 1983 and is a veteran of Iran–Iraq War. He served in the Quds Force, and have held "sensitive intelligence" positions. From 1997 to 2010, he was deputy commander of the IRGC Naval forces and later commanded the branch from May 2010 to 23 August 2018. On 23 August 2018 he was appointed to the position of IRGC coordinator deputy, replacing Jamaladin Aberoumand.

Awards

In February 2016, Fadavi along with other commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps received Fath medal for arresting United States Navy sailors on January 12, 2016 in the Persian Gulf.