Abbas Duzduzani | |
Office: | Chairman of City Council of Tehran |
Term Start: | 28 September 1999 |
Term End: | 21 December 1999 |
Predecessor: | Abdollah Noori |
Successor: | Rahmatollah Khosravi |
Deputy: | Saeed Hajjarian |
Office2: | Member of City Council of Tehran |
Term Start2: | 29 April 1999 |
Term End2: | 15 January 2003 (Abstention since December 1999) |
Majority2: | 200,521 (14.28%) |
Office3: | Member of the Iranian Parliament |
Term Start3: | 26 July 1984 |
Term End3: | 28 May 1992 |
Constituency3: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Term Start4: | 29 October 1981 |
Term End4: | 25 July 1984 |
Constituency4: | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr |
Office5: | Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance |
Term Start5: | 10 September 1980 |
Term End5: | 17 August 1981 |
President5: | Abolhassan Banisadr |
Primeminister5: | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
Predecessor5: | Nasser Minachi |
Successor5: | Abdul Majid Maadikhah |
Birthname: | Abbas Douzdouzani |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1942 |
Birth Place: | Tabriz, Iran |
Death Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Occupation: | Politician |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Party: | Islamic Iran Participation Front |
Otherparty: | Islamic Association of Teachers (Founding member)[1] Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization (1980s) Islamic Nations Party (1960s) |
Allegiance: | Iran |
Branch: | Revolutionary Guards |
Serviceyears: | 1979–1980 |
Abbas Duzduzani (Persian: عباس دوزدوزانی) was an Iranian politician and military commander, originated from the South (Iranian) Azerbaijan, who was the founder and first commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.[2] [3] [4] He also served in the cabinet of Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and, from 1980 to 1981, served as the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.