Hassan Ghafourifard

Hassan Ghafourifard
Member of Parliament
In office
23 January 2007  28 May 2012
Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority 452,801 (21.44%)
In office
28 May 1996  28 May 2000
Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority 550,351 (38.4%)
In office
13 August 1981  3 September 1981
Constituency Mashhad
Majority 314,750 (81.1%)
Vice President of Iran
Head of Physical Education Organization
In office
September 1989  16 February 1994
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by Akbar Dargahi
Succeeded by Mostafa Hashemitaba
Minister of Energy
In office
3 September 1981  12 October 1985
President Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by Hassan Abbaspour
Succeeded by Mohammad-Taqi Banki
Governor of Khorasan Province
In office
September 1980  29 July 1981
President Abulhassan Banisadr
Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded by Taher Ahmadzadeh
Succeeded by Mohammad-Nabi Habibi
Personal details
Born c. 1943 (age 7273)[1]
Tehran, Iran[1]
Nationality Iranian
Political party Islamic Coalition Party
Other political
affiliations
Alma mater University of Kansas
Profession Electrical engineer
Website Academic webpage

Hassan Ghafourifard (Persian: حسن غفوری‌فرد) is an Iranian academic and conservative politician. Ghafourifard held government portfolios in 1980s, before being appointed as the Physical Education Organization under president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

He formerly representied Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr twice in the Parliament of Iran, as well as serving a brief spell from Mashhad and Kalat electoral district.[1]

Ghafourifard ran for Iranian presidential elections twice, and was defeated in both October 1981 and 2001 elections.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. Muhammad Sahimi (12 May 2009). "The Political Groups". Tehran Bureau. PBS. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. Szrom, Charlie (14 May 2009). "Historical Data on Iranian Presidential Elections". Iran Tracker. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Abolhassan Naeini
Chancellor of Imam Khomeini International University
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Abdolali Alebouye Langeroudi
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