Shapour Marhaba | |
Order1: | Member of Islamic Consultative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 27 May 1992 |
Term End1: | 26 May 1996 |
Constituency1: | Astara |
Majority1: | 12,272 votes (44.4%)[1] |
Predecessor1: | Mohammad Farzpour Machiani |
Term Start2: | 23 February 1997[2] |
Term End2: | 26 May 2000 |
Constituency2: | Astara |
Majority2: | 15,124 votes (59.9%) |
Successor2: | Hassan Zahmatkesh |
Term Start3: | 27 May 2004 |
Term End3: | 26 May 2008 |
Constituency3: | Astara |
Majority3: | 22,984 votes (51.77%) |
Successor3: | Farhad Dalghpoush |
Predecessor3: | Hassan Zahmatkesh |
Order4: | Member of board of directors of Targeting Subsidies Organization |
President4: | Hassan Rouhani |
Vicepresident4: | Mohammad Bagher Nobakht |
Term Start4: | 22 October 2014 |
Term End4: | 7 June 2015 |
Office5: | Islamic Consultative Assembly Former Members Association |
Order5: | Member of board of directors & Treasurer |
Birth Place: | Virmuni, Astara, Iran |
Party: | Principlist |
Profession: | Politician |
Website: | Official Website |
Branch: | IRGC Ground Forces |
Serviceyears: | 1979–1984 |
Unit: | IRGC branch of Astara |
Battles: | Iran–Iraq War Urban warfare with Mujahedin |
Shapour Marhaba (Persian: شاپور مرحبا; born 1957) is an Iranian politician. Marhaba was elected from the Astara electoral district to the 4th, 5th (By-election) and 7th Iranian legislative elections.
Shapour Marhaba's brother Yosuf Marhaba was assassinated by the Mujahedin on 22 August 1981 while he was prosecutor of Astara. After this Shapour was also targeted in an assassination plot on 29 August 1981 when he was a key member of Astara's IRGC, but he survived.[3] Marhaba was then elected three times to represent the city.
Marhaba was:
Shapour Marhaba was banned by the Council of Guardians from taking part in the 2012 and 2016 Iranian legislative elections.
Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | 2nd term of Parliament | ? | ? | ? | Went to Run-off |
2nd term of Parliament Run-off | ? | ? | 2nd | Lost | |
1992 | 4th term of Parliament | 12,272 | 44.4 | 1st | Won |
1996-97 | 5th term of Parliament | Annulment of Election | |||
5th term of Parliament By-election | 15,124 | 59.9 | 1st | Won | |
2000 | 6th term of Parliament | ? | ? | 2nd | Lost |
2004 | 7th term of Parliament | 22,984 | 51.77 | 1st | Won |
2008 | 8th term of Parliament | 13,462 | 31.02 | 2nd | Lost |
2012 | 9th term of Parliament | – | Disquilified | ||
2016 | 10th term of Parliament |