Hassan Ghafourifard | |
Office: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start: | 28 May 2008 |
Term End: | 28 May 2012 |
Constituency: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority: | 556,217 (31.95%) |
Term Start1: | 14 January 2007 |
Term End1: | 28 May 2008 |
Constituency1: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority1: | 452,801 (21.44%) |
Term Start2: | 28 May 1996 |
Term End2: | 28 May 2000 |
Constituency2: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority2: | 550,351 (38.49%) |
Term Start3: | 3 August 1981 |
Term End3: | 17 August 1981 |
Constituency3: | Mashhad |
Majority3: | 314,750 (81.09%) |
Office4: | Vice President of Iran Head of Physical Education Organization |
Term Start4: | September 1989 |
Term End4: | 16 February 1994 |
President4: | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Predecessor4: | Ahmad Dargahi |
Successor4: | Mostafa Hashemitaba |
Office5: | Minister of Energy |
Primeminister5: | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Term Start5: | 17 August 1981 |
Term End5: | 28 October 1985 |
President5: | Mohammad-Ali Rajai Ali Khamenei |
Predecessor5: | Hassan Abbaspour |
Successor5: | Mohammad-Taqi Banki |
Office6: | Governor of Khorasan Province |
Primeminister6: | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
Term Start6: | December 1979 |
Term End6: | 29 July 1981 |
President6: | Abulhassan Banisadr |
Predecessor6: | Taher Ahmadzadeh |
Successor6: | Mohammad-Nabi Habibi |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1943 |
Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Death Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Profession: | Physicist |
Alma Mater: | University of Kansas |
Party: | Islamic Coalition Party |
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Website: | Academic webpage |
Hassan Ghafourifard (Persian: حسن غفوریفرد; 5 August 1943 – 9 March 2023) was an Iranian academic and conservative politician. Ghafourifard held government portfolios in the 1980s, before being appointed to the Physical Education Organization under president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Ghafourifard was born on 5 August 1943.[1] [2] He 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.[3]
Ghafourifard ran for Iranian presidential elections twice, and was defeated in both October 1981 and 2001 elections.[4]
Ghafourifard died on 9 March 2023, at the age of 79.[5]