Mohammad Gharazi
Gharazi in 2021
Minister of Information and Communications Technology
In office
28 October 1985 – 20 August 1997
PresidentAli Khamenei
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byMorteza Nabavi
Succeeded byMohammad Reza Aref
Minister of Petroleum
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 byMohammad Javad Tondguyan
Succeeded byGholam Reza Aghazadeh
Governor of Khuzestan Province
In office
2 January 1980 – July 1981
Preceded byAhmad Madani
Succeeded byMohammad-Hassan Tavallayi
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
12 August 1981 – 15 August 1981
Preceded byAhmad Salamatian
Succeeded byAhmad Salek
ConstituencyIsfahan
Majority237,443 (77.5%)
Member of the City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999 – 3 January 2000
Majority192,211 (13.69%)
Personal details
Born (1942-02-12) 12 February 1942
Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations
SpouseRazieh Salimi[2]
ResidencePasdaran, Tehran[3]
Alma materUniversity of Tehran

Mohammad Gharazi (Persian: محمد غرضی, also spelled Mohammad Qarazi) is an Iranian politician who served as minister of petroleum from 1981 to 1985 and minister of post from 1985 to 1997. He was also a member of the Iranian Parliament from 1980 to 1984 and also governor of Khuzestan Province. He was an independent candidate in the 2013 presidential election.

Early life and education

He was born on 12 February 1942 in Shahreza, Isfahan province.[4] He studied electronics at the University of Tehran. He later moved to France but was back to his home country and was arrested by SAVAK in 1972.

Career

Gharazi began his political career in 1974 and was exiled to Iraq by Shah's government. In 1976, he joined the Mojahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MKO).[4] He accompanied Ruhollah Khomeini on his trip from Paris to Tehran. Following the establishment of the Islamic republic, Gharazi was appointed governor of Kurdistan Province and later Khuzestan Province.[5] He was elected as member of the Iranian Parliament in 1980 election.[4] He later was appointed minister of petroleum by the then Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi, replacing Mohammad Javad Tondguyan in the post.[6][7] He held this post until 1985, when he became minister of post (currently Communication). He resigned from office in 1997 after election of Mohammad Khatami.[4] He was also a member of City Council of Tehran from 1999 to 2000.

2013 presidential campaign

Gharazi run for President of Iran as an independent in the 2013 election, having announced his candidacy on 8 May 2013. His candidacy was approved by Guardian Council.[8] He was the only independent candidate approved to run in the presidential election.[9] However, he was regarded as one of the dark horses in the election.[9] He won the sixth place in the election, receiving only 446,015 votes.

Electoral history

YearElectionVotes %RankNotes
1980Parliament306,14577.51st Won
1999City Council of Tehran192,21112.9815th Won
2000Parliament Lost
2013President446,0151.226th Lost
2016Assembly of Experts – Disqualified
Parliament24,1500.7468th Lost
2017President – Disqualified

References

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  1. ↑ Ervand Abrahamian (1989), Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin, Society and culture in the modern Middle East, vol. 3, I.B.Tauris, p. 131, ISBN 9781850430773
  2. ↑ همسران نامزدها به چه کاری مشغولند؟ Iran Elect
  3. ↑ "تمام اطلاعات خانوادگی کاندیداهای ریاست جمهوری یازدهم". Isna. 13 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Candidate Profile: Mohammad Qarazi". Asharq Alawsat. 13 June 2013. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Members of the Parliament (1980–1984)". Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  6. ↑ Ministers Archived 14 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Nader Habibi (June 2014). "Can Rouhani Revitalize Iran's Oil and Gas Industry?". Middle East Brief (80): 4.
  8. ↑ TABNAK, تابناک (19 February 1392). "ثبت‌نام 99 نفر کاندیدای ریاست جمهوری در پایان روز سوم". fa.
  9. 1 2 Candidates profile Al Jazeera, 21 May 2013
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