Hassan Ghafourifard

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

Hassan Ghafourifard
Member of Parliament
In office
28 May 2008  28 May 2012
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority556,217 (31.95%)
In office
14 January 2007  28 May 2008
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority452,801 (21.44%)
In office
28 May 1996  28 May 2000
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority550,351 (38.49%)
In office
3 August 1981  17 August 1981
ConstituencyMashhad
Majority314,750 (81.09%)
Vice President of Iran
Head of Physical Education Organization
In office
September 1989  16 February 1994
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byAhmad Dargahi
Succeeded byMostafa Hashemitaba
Minister of Energy
In office
3 September 1981  12 October 1985
PresidentMohammad-Ali Rajai
Ali Khamenei
Prime MinisterMohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byHassan Abbaspour
Succeeded byMohammad-Taqi Banki
Governor of Khorasan Province
In office
December 1979  29 July 1981
PresidentAbulhassan Banisadr
Prime MinisterMohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded byTaher Ahmadzadeh
Succeeded byMohammad-Nabi Habibi
Personal details
Bornc. 1943 (age 7677)[1]
Tehran, Iran[1]
NationalityIranian
Political partyIslamic Coalition Party
Other political
affiliations
Alma materUniversity of Kansas
ProfessionPhysicist
WebsiteAcademic webpage

He formerly represented 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. "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  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. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Abolhassan Naeini
Chancellor of Imam Khomeini International University
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Abdolali Alebouye Langeroudi
Party political offices
New title Secretary-General of the Islamic Society of Engineers
1988–2000
Succeeded by
Mohammad-Reza Bahonar


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