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Hassan Ghafourifard

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Hassan Ghafourifard
Member of Parliament
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority556,217 (31.95%)
In office
14 January 2007 – 28 May 2008
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority452,801 (21.44%)
In office
28 May 1996 – 28 May 2000
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority550,351 (38.49%)
In office
3 August 1981 – 17 August 1981
ConstituencyMashhad
Majority314,750 (81.09%)
Vice President of Iran
Head of Physical Education Organization
In office
September 1989 – 16 February 1994
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byAhmad Dargahi
Succeeded byMostafa Hashemitaba
Minister of Energy
In office
17 August 1981 – 28 October 1985
PresidentMohammad-Ali Rajai
Ali Khamenei
Prime MinisterMohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byHassan Abbaspour
Succeeded byMohammad-Taqi Banki
Governor of Khorasan Province
In office
December 1979[citation needed] – 29 July 1981
PresidentAbulhassan Banisadr
Prime MinisterMohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded byTaher Ahmadzadeh
Succeeded byMohammad-Nabi Habibi
Personal details
Born(1943-08-05)5 August 1943
Tehran, Iran[1]
Died9 March 2023(2023-03-09) (aged 79)
Tehran, Iran[citation needed]
Political partyIslamic Coalition Party
Other political
affiliations
Alma materUniversity of Kansas
ProfessionPhysicist
WebsiteAcademic 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.[4][5] 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.[1]

Ghafourifard ran for Iranian presidential elections twice, and was defeated in both October 1981 and 2001 elections.[6]

Ghafourifard died on 9 March 2023, at the age of 79.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. 30 July 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ^ Muhammad Sahimi (12 May 2009). "The Political Groups". Tehran Bureau. PBS. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Book room". Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  5. ^ "تمام مدت تحصیل، بعداز ظهرها کار کردم". پایگاه خبری تحلیلی نماینده. 27 December 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  6. ^ Szrom, Charlie (14 May 2009). "Historical Data on Iranian Presidential Elections". Iran Tracker. Archived from the original on 27 November 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  7. ^ "حسن غفوری‌فرد درگذشت". ایسنا. 9 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of Imam Khomeini International University
2006–2009
Succeeded by
Party political offices
New title Secretary-General of the Islamic Society of Engineers
1988–2000
Succeeded by