Mehdi Karroubi
Mehdi Karroubi (Persian: مهدی کروبی, born 26 September 1937) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician. He led the National Trust Party.
Mehdi Karroubi | |
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19th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran | |
In office 28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004 | |
Deputy | Behzad Nabavi Mohammad-Reza Khatami |
Preceded by | Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri |
Succeeded by | Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel |
In office 3 August 1989 – 3 May 1992 | |
Deputy | Hossein Hashemian |
Preceded by | Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Succeeded by | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri |
First Deputy of the Parliament of Iran | |
In office 28 June 1988 – 3 August 1989 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Yazdi |
Succeeded by | Hossein Hashemian |
In office 15 June 1986 – 14 June 1987 | |
Preceded by | Mohammad Yazdi |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Yazdi |
Member of Parliament of Iran | |
In office 28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority | 892,640 (30.45%) |
In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 1992 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority | 965,484 (61.4%; 3rd term), 1,443,270 (62.5%; 2nd term) |
In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 | |
Succeeded by | Mohammad-Reza Hashemi |
Constituency | Aligudarz County |
Majority | 49,097 (92.9%) |
Personal details | |
Born | Aligudarz, Lorestan Province, Iran | 26 September 1937
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Spouse(s) | Fatemeh Karroubi (m. 1962)[1] |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | University of Tehran |
Website | Official website |
After the 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, Karroubi was put under house arrest in February 2011.
He was the speaker of the parliament from 1989 to 1992 and 2000 to 2004, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.
References
- ↑ Eqbali, Aresu (29 May 2009). "Iranian women need more rights: candidate's wife". AFP. https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jDD9Q1xNs5VIqwgzYINkyU2y5Upg. Retrieved 25 June 2009.