Mostafa Kavakebian

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Mostafa Kavakebian
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2016 – 26 May 2020
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority1,260,174 (38.81%)
In office
28 May 2008 – 27 May 2012
Preceded byHadi Doust-Mohammadi
Succeeded byAlireza Khosravi
ConstituencySemnan and Mehdishahr
Majority20,789 (32.99%)
Personal details
Born (1963-03-18) 18 March 1963 (age 61)
Semnan, Iran
Political partyDemocracy Party
Other political
affiliations
Alma materImam Sadegh University
Websitekavakebian.com

Mostafa Kavakebian (Persian: مصطفی کواکبیان; born 18 March 1963) is an Iranian reformist politician who was the representative of Tehran at the Parliament of Iran, from 2016 to 2020 . He has formerly represented Semnan and Mehdishahr in the parliament from 2008 until 2012.

Early life[edit]

Kavakebian was born in Semnan on 18 March 1963.

Career[edit]

Kavakebian is a leader of Democracy Party a reformist party that he founded in 2000.[2] He was the leader of the 'Popular Reformist Coalition' that was running on 2004 and 2008 legislative election. He was a member of the reformist faction in the Parliament.[3] He founded Popular Coalition of Supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi in the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Before he founded his party, he was the deputy leader of the 'Unity Party'. He is also the editor-in-chief of Mardomsalari newspaper.[2] He was seeking to keep his seat in the 2012 election as leader of the Democratic Coalition of Reformists, but was not elected.[4]

On 25 January 2013, his party nominated Kavakebian as a candidate for the presidential elections, which took place in June 2013.[2]

On 25 April 2013, he held a press conference in Qom, and expressed his comments about the coming presidential election.[5] He was registered for the election, but his bid was rejected by Guardian Council.[6] He later supported Mohammad-Reza Aref in the election.

Following a successful campaign for parliament to represent a district in Tehran, he assumed office on 28 May 2016.

Electoral history[edit]

Year Election Votes % Rank Notes
2005 President – Disqualified
2008 Parliament[a] 20,789 32.99 1st Won[7]
2012 Parliament[a] Increase 26,377 Decrease 31.09 2nd Lost[8]
2013 President – Disqualified
2016 Parliament[b] 1,260,174 38.81 9th Won[9]
2017 President – Disqualified
  1. ^ a b Semnan and Mehdishahr
  2. ^ Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr

References[edit]

  1. ^ "نگاهی به سوابق اجرایی نامزد های ریاست جمهوری/ از فرماندهی سپاه تا سابقه کمتر از یکسال نمایندگی", Entekhab (in Persian), 4 April 2013, retrieved 3 November 2016
  2. ^ a b c "Iran reformist party nominates candidate for presidential poll" (PDF). Montreal Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. ^ Tajik, Mahdi (4 July 2008). "Reformers need unity to be effective in parliament". Iran Times International. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Right can't get its act together for elections". Iran Times International. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. ^ "Mostafa Kavakebian Talks about Iran's 2013 Presidential Election". Tehran Chronicle. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  6. ^ Bahmani, Arash (22 May 2013). "The Arbiter of State Expediency is Disqualified". Rooz. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. ^ "نماينده مردم سمنان در هشتمين دوره مجلس شوراي اسلامي‌ مشخص شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 15 March 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
  8. ^ "نگاهی به روند برگزاری انتخابات مجلس نهم در استان سمنان", Mehr News Agency (in Persian), 6 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
  9. ^ "ریز آمار نتایج 1021 کاندیدای نمایندگی مجلس در تهران + فیلم مرور روز انتخابات", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 27 February 2016, retrieved 27 February 2016

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