Hassan Ghafourifard Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Book room . 28 October 2022 . 28 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221028015535/https://bookroom.ir/book/23963/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%B3%D9%86-%D8%BA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF . dead .
  2. Web site: تمام مدت تحصیل، بعداز ظهرها کار کردم. 27 December 2016. پایگاه خبری تحلیلی نماینده. 9 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Parliament members. Iranian Majlis. 28 October 2014. Persian. 27 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100927095506/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/parliament_member/show/701886. dead.
  4. Web site: Szrom. Charlie. Historical Data on Iranian Presidential Elections. Iran Tracker. 28 June 2013. 14 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20141127110335/http://www.irantracker.org/analysis/historical-data-iranian-presidential-elections. 27 November 2014. dead.
  5. Web site: حسن غفوری‌فرد درگذشت. 9 March 2023. ایسنا. 9 March 2023.