Mohammad Nabi Habibi | |
Birth Date: | 19 December 1945 |
Birth Place: | Varamin, Tehran Province, Iran |
Death Place: | Tehran, Iran |
Order2: | Mayor of Tehran |
Appointer2: | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri |
Term Start2: | January 1984 |
Term End2: | December 1987 |
Predecessor2: | Hossein Bonakdar (acting) |
Successor2: | Morteza Tabatabaei (acting) |
Order3: | Governor of Tehran Province |
Term Start3: | 1982 |
Term End3: | 1983 |
Predecessor3: | Hassan Hajilari |
Successor3: | Hossein Taheri |
Order4: | Governor of Khorasan Province |
Term Start4: | 1981 |
Term End4: | 1982 |
Predecessor4: | Hassan Ghafourifard |
Successor4: | Abdullah Kopayi |
Party: | Islamic Coalition Party |
Alma Mater: | University of Tehran |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Mohammad Nabi Habibi (Persian: محمدنبی حبیبی, 19 December 1945 – 29 January 2019) was an Iranian politician and sociologist who was Secretary-General of the Islamic Coalition Party from 2004 until his death in 2019. He was Mayor of Tehran from 1983 until 1987, for a span lasting 44 months.[1] [2]
Habibi was a part of the opposition movements during the Pahvali era and Shah of Iran and was jailed before the Islamic Revolution 1979. After the revolution he gained strong political profile and was appointed to key positions including: