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Hossein Mozaffar

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Hossein Mozaffar
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2012 – 28 May 2016
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority298,629 (26.5%)[1]
In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2008
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority589,091 (29.87%)[1]
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Assumed office
16 March 2002
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
Minister of Education
In office
20 August 1997 – 22 August 2001
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byMohammad-Ali Najafi
Succeeded byMorteza Haji
Personal details
Bornc. 1952 (age 71–72)[1]
Malayer, Iran[1]
Political partySociety of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
Other political
affiliations
RelativesMehdi Kouchakzadeh (co-fathers-in-law)

Hossein Mozaffar (Persian: حسین مظفر) is an Iranian conservative politician who was Minister of Education under President Mohammad Khatami and represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr in the Parliament of Iran twice.[1] He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[2]

He is considered an ally of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf[3] and close to Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran. Mozaffar was Ghalibaf's campaign manager in 2013 presidential election.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  2. ^ "تغییرات مجمع تشخیص؛ ریاست هاشمی شاهرودی و عضویت رئیسی و قالیباف". 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  3. ^ "سهم 50 درصدی جبهه پایداری از ائتلاف اصولگرایان /معتدلین در اقلیت محض". Donya-e-Eqtesad (in Persian). 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  4. ^ "دبیرکل جمعیت پیشرفت و عدالت ایران: نمی‌توان گفت قالیباف از رقابت سر باز خواهد زد". Fars News Agency (in Persian). 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
Party political offices
Preceded by Campaign manager of Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf
2013
Succeeded by