What is the personality type of Javad Zarif? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Javad Zarif from Government Middle East and what is the personality traits.
Javad Zarif personality type is ENFJ, and Zarif has been described as the "most gentle and sensitive among the Iranian foreign ministers".
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who succeeded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in August 2013, is also an ENFJ.
The ENFJ personality type is especially prevalent in Iran, where, according to a study conducted between 1987 and 1989, a third of all Iranian males and a fifth of all Iranian females were identified as ENFJs. In the study, 59% of Iranian males and 20% of females identified themselves as "Introverted" while 24% of males and 8% of females identified themselves as "Extraverted".
In addition, a study by the University of Tehran in 2007 found that 73.2% of all ministers in Iran were ENFJs. In the study, ENFJ males were found to make up 33.4% of all Iranian ministers while ENFJ females were found to make up 25.3%.
A 1974 book by Frances Neel, a professor at the University of Minnesota, "Personality Patterns in a Large Group", noted that ENFJs were among the most common types in the United States.
Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari (Persian: محمد جواد ظریف خونساری; Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːæd͡ʒːæˌvɒːde zæˌɾiːfe xɒnsɒːˈɾi]; born 7 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat, academic and current Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has held various significant diplomatic and cabinet posts since the 1990s. Zarif is also a visiting professor at the School of International Relations and University of Tehran, teaching diplomacy and international organizations.