Mehdi Chamran
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Mehdi Chamran
| Mehdi Chamran | |
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| Chairman of City Council of Tehran | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 April 2003 |
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| Deputy | Alireza Dabir |
| Preceded by | Abdollah Nouri |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 September 1941 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Abadgaran |
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam |
Mehdi Chamran (Persian: مهدی چمران) is an Iranian politician and the Chairman of the City Council of Tehran[1] since 2003. He received the most number of votes from the Tehrani electorate in both of the elections he was elected in, in 2003 and 2006.
A major supporter of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his mayorship,[2] Chamran turned towards Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and his supporters during the 2006 elections,[3] which resulted in a three-way split of the third Tehran council between the two conservative factions and reformist candidates. Comparatively, the second council only consisted of conservative members and the first council mostly of reformist members.
Mehdi Chamran is the brother of Mostafa Chamran,[4] a famous Iranian politician and military commander who died in 1981 during the Iran–Iraq War.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Abdollah Nouri |
Chairman of City Council of Tehran 2003-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by None |
Leader of Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran 2003-2004 |
Succeeded by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
References
- ^ "Imam Musa Sadr Was Imam Khomeini’s Right Hand in Arab Countries". AhlulBayt News Agency. 8 March 2011. http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=230274. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ Gheissari, Ali (2009). Contemporary Iran: economy, society, politics. Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-19-537849-8.
- ^ Naji, Kasra (2008). Ahmadinejad: the secret history of Iran's radical leader. I.B. Tauris. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-84511-636-1.
- ^ Shaery-Eisenlohr, Roschanack (2008). Shiʻite Lebanon: transnational religion and the making of national identities. Columbia University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-231-14426-1.
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