Morteza Haji (Persian: مرتضی حاجی) is an Iranian reformist politician. He held office as a governor and minister during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.[1]
Morteza Haji | |
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Minister of Education | |
In office 22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Hossein Mozaffar |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Farshidi |
Minister of Cooperatives | |
In office 20 August 1997 – 22 August 2001 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Gholamreza Shafeei |
Succeeded by | Ali Soufi |
Governor of Mazandaran Province | |
In office 20 April 1986 – 16 December 1989 | |
President | Ali Khamenei |
Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Preceded by | Ali-Akbar Tahayi |
Succeeded by | Esmaeil Mofidi |
In office 6 October 1980 – 19 June 1982 | |
President | Abolhassan Banisadr Mohammad-Ali Rajai Ali Khamenei |
Prime Minister | Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammadreza Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Preceded by | Abdolali Moshaf |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Majdara |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Political party | Islamic Iran Participation Front[1] |
Other political affiliations | Islamic Nations Party |
Profession | Math teacher[1] |
He was head of Mohammad Khatami's presidential campaign in 1997[2] and a director of the Hassan Rouhani 2017 presidential campaign.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, pp. 40, 180, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
- ^ Iran Report, vol. 1, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 23 November 1998, retrieved 25 March 2017
- ^ Rouhani appoints campaign director, protests debate timing, Tehran Times, 26 April 2017, retrieved 26 April 2017