Hossein Mozaffar Explained

Hossein Mozaffar
Birth Date: [1]
Birth Place:Malayer, Iran
Nationality:Iranian
Order1:Member of the Parliament of Iran
Term Start1:28 May 2012
Term End1:28 May 2016
Constituency1:Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority1:298,629 (26.5%)
Term Start2:28 May 2004
Term End2:28 May 2008
Constituency2:Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority2:589,091 (29.87%)
Office3:Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Term Start3:16 March 2002
Appointer3:Ali Khamenei
1Blankname3:Chairman
1Namedata3:Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
Order4:Minister of Education
Term Start4:20 August 1997
Term End4:22 August 2001
President4:Mohammad Khatami
Predecessor4:Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Successor4:Morteza Haji
Party:Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
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    Hossein Mozaffar (Persian: حسین مظفر) is an Iranian conservative politician who was Minister of Education under President Mohammad Khatami and represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr in the Parliament of Iran twice.[1] He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[2]

    He is considered an ally of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf[3] and close to Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran. Mozaffar was Ghalibaf's campaign manager in 2013 presidential election.[4]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Parliament members. Iranian Majlis. 28 October 2014. Persian.
    2. News: تغییرات مجمع تشخیص؛ ریاست هاشمی شاهرودی و عضویت رئیسی و قالیباف. 2017-08-14. 2019-04-26. en-GB.
    3. Web site: سهم 50 درصدی جبهه پایداری از ائتلاف اصولگرایان /معتدلین در اقلیت محض . 8 February 2016. Donya-e-Eqtesad. 9 February 2016. Persian.
    4. Web site: دبیرکل جمعیت پیشرفت و عدالت ایران: نمی‌توان گفت قالیباف از رقابت سر باز خواهد زد. 1 June 2016. Fars News Agency. 13 June 2016. Persian. 15 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180315195923/http://www.farsnews.com/13950308000568. dead.