Mohammad-Ali Najafi
| Mohammad-Ali Najafi | |
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| Leader of Executives of Construction Party | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 1 April 2011 |
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| Deputy | Hossein Marashi |
| Preceded by | Gholamhossein Karbaschi |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 13 August 1989 – 10 August 1997 |
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| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Kazem Akrami |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Mozaffar |
| Minister of Science and Technology | |
| In office 17 August 1981 – 5 November 1985 |
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| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Position estabilished |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Farhadi |
| Member of City Council of Tehran | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 21 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Abbas Sheibani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1952 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Executives of Construction Party |
| Spouse(s) | Fatemeh Najafi |
| Alma mater | Tehran University |
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam |
Mohammad Ali Najafi (Persian: محمدعلی نجفی) (born January 13, 1952) is an Iranian politician and university professor in mathematics. He was Minister of Science and Technology in the Cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and after that, Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. After that, he was appointed as Head of Center for Planning and Budget in the Cabinet of Mohammad Khatami. He ran for a seat in Tehran City Council in the local election of 2006. He was elected leader of Executives of Construction Party on 1 April 2011.
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[edit] Education
Najafi earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Aryamehr University of Technology (Isfahan University of technology). He went on to enroll in the PhD program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but dropped out in 1978[1][2] during the Iranian revolution and returned to Iran. As of December 2006, he has been an instructor[2] at the Department of Mathematic Science at Sharif University of Technology since 1979,[3] working on representation theory.[2]
[edit] Political career
After the Iranian revolution of 1979, Najafi returned to Iran, immediately beginning his political career. Starting as a consultant to Mostafa Chamran and later the president of Isfahan University of Technology (1980–1981),[3] Najafi served as the Minister of Culture and Higher Education from 1981 to 1984[2][3] in the cabinet of then Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi. In 1988, he became the Minister of Education under President Hashemi Rafsanjani and served until 1997.[2][3] In 1997, he was appointed Vice President and Head of the Planning and Budget Organization by President Mohammad Khatami, but after a merge of his organization with another and a renaming to Organization for Management and Planning, he was succeeded by Mohammad Reza Aref. Najafi was an advisor to President Khatami and the senior advisor to the Minister of Industries from 2001 to 2005.[3]
[edit] Candidacy for Tehran City Council
In the Iranian City and Village Councils elections, 2006, Najafi ran for a seat in Tehran City Council. He headed a list named "The Union of reformists" (ائتلاف اصلاحطلبان). This was the first time Najafi ran in a general election in Iran.
[edit] Presidential ambition
During the autumn of 2004, Najafi was a common favorite to be the reformist candidate for the 2005 presidential election, but he denied his interest in favor of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's candidacy and was then favored to become vice president under Rafsanjani. After Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in the election, Najafi has been suggested as a presidential candidate in future elections.
[edit] References
- ^ Mohammad Ghouchani (محمد قوچانی) (2006-11-26). "Why Najavi? (چرا نجفی؟)" (in Persian). http://www.drnajafi.ir/showT.aspx?TIndex=1&TID=0E0E0311060B0B&Lang=F&ID=735F5D4056. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ a b c d e "Faculty". Website of the Department of Mathematical Science of Sharif University of Technology. http://mathsci.sharif.edu/Profs/Najafi/Najafi.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
- ^ a b c d e Paper publicity leaflet distributed by Setād-e Entexābāti-e Mohammad Ali Najafi (ستاد انتخاباتی محمدعلی نجفی), December 2006.
[edit] External links
- Najafi's Homepage at Sharif University
- Official Campaign website for City Council of Tehran
- Najafi's Biography by Mohammad Ghouchani
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Position estabilished |
Minister of Science and Technology 1981-1985 |
Succeeded by Mohammad Farhadi |
| Preceded by Kazem Akrami |
Minister of Education 1989-1997 |
Succeeded by Hossein Mozaffar |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Gholamhossein Karbaschi |
Leader of Executives of Construction Party 2011-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
