Saeedikia was the chairman of the urban planning and development corporation. His first cabinet post was the
minister of roads and transportation. He held this post first in the
cabinet led by Prime Minister
Mir Hossein Mousavi from 1985 to 1989. He held the same post in the
cabinet of President
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from 1989 to 1993. On 29 August 1989, Saeedikia was approved by the
Majlis with 195 for and 43 against votes. His tenure ended in 1993. When
Mohammad Khatami became president in 1997, Saeedikia was named minister of construction. and biggest
holding company in the Middle East, between years of 2014 to 2019.
Candidacy for 2013 elections Saeedikia was the first officially announced candidate for the
2013 presidential election in Iran. He announced his candidacy in December 2012. Due to his career, he was considered to be a traditionalist
principlist candidate, but in fact he was an independent and technocrat candidate.{{cite news ==References==