Pirouz Hanachi Explained

Pirouz Hanachi
Office:Mayor of Tehran
Term Start:28 November 2018
Term End:8 August 2021
Predecessor:Mohammad-Ali Afshani
Successor:Alireza Zakani
Party:Independent
Otherparty:Reformists Coalition (2006)
Birth Date:11 June 1964[1]
Birth Place:Tehran, Iran
Alma Mater:University of Tehran

Pirouz Hanachi (Persian: پیروز حناچی; born 11 June 1963) is an Iranian architect, reformist politician and the former mayor of Tehran, succeeding Mohammad-Ali Afshani.[2] [3] [4]

Hanachi served as deputy mayor for technical and development. He was appointed deputy mayor for urban development and architecture before his appointment as Tehran's mayor.[5]

Early life

Hanachi was born in Tehran in 1963. He holds a Master of Architecture (1991) and PhD (1999) from the University of Tehran. He served as a professor of architecture in the Fine Arts Faculty at the University of Tehran.[6]

Career

Mayor

Tehran's city council appointed Hanachi mayor on 13 November 2018. Winning 11 votes out of 21, Hanachi is the third mayor appointed by the fifth Islamic City Council of Tehran, and the 14th after the Islamic Revolution in 1979.[4] He is the third mayor to be elected since reformists swept the city-council elections in May 2017.[7] Initially, his security clearance was delayed, possibly in an attempt to damage his reformist movement.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/6728865/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%86%DB%8C-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA پیروز حناچی کیست؟
  2. Web site: Tehran City Council Elects Pirouz Hanachi as New Mayor . Iran Front Page . 13 November 2018 . November 13, 2018.
  3. Web site: Iran: Pirouz Hanachi Appointed New Mayor of Tehran . Stratfor . Nov 13, 2018.
  4. News: New mayor of Tehran appointed . Nov 13, 2018 . IRNA . Islamic Republic News Agency.
  5. News: City Council appoints Pirouz Hanachi as Tehran mayor . Nov 13, 2018 . Mehr News Agency.
  6. Web site: Pirooz Hanachi . Archnet . Nov 13, 2018 . Aug 26, 2013.
  7. News: Tehran City Council Elects Third Mayor In 18 Months . Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty . Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty . Nov 13, 2018.
  8. Web site: Five Appointed Mayors Facing a Bizarre Wait for Security Clearance . 25 November 2018 .