Mohammad-Reza Khatami
| Mohammad-Reza Khatami | |
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| Deputy Speaker of Parliament | |
| In office September 3, 2000 – September 3, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Hassan Rowhani |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad-Reza Bahonar |
| Secretary-General of Islamic Iran Participation Front | |
| In office 1997–2006 |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Mohsen Mirdamadi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ardakan, Iran  |
| Political party | Islamic Iran Participation Front |
| Spouse(s) | Zahra Eshraghi |
| Alma mater | Tehran University |
| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
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Seyyed Mohammad Reza Khatami (Persian: محمد رضا خاتمی , (born 1959 in Ardakan, Iran) is an Iranian politician and nephrologist.
He was the first Secretary-General of the Islamic Iran Participation Front, the largest Iranian reformist party. He is now a member of the central council of the party. He is also the former deputy speaker of the Iranian parliament, the grandson-in-law of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the younger brother of the fifth Iranian president Mohammad Khatami.
He was elected in March 2000 for the sixth term of the Islamic Republic's parliament's election as the first representative of Tehran with 1,794,365 votes from the people of Tehran. Before that, he had been a vice minister in the Ministry of Health for two years. He has also acted as the manager in charge of the now-banned reformist daily Mosharekat. Sometimes described as "ultraliberal" in his views, he has been "disqualified from running for any office by the Guardian Council".[1]
Dr. Khatami is educated in medicine and before entering politics, he was a practicing nephrologist (kidney specialist) for a number of years. He is a faculty member of Tehran University of Medical sciences.
In 1983, he married Zahra Eshraghi, granddaughter of Ruhollah Khomeini (founder of the Islamic republic), and an activist in women's rights. They have two children — a daughter, Fatemeh, who at the moment studying at a university in London, and a son, Ali.
[edit] References
- ^ Majd, Hooman, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ : The Paradox of Modern Iran, by Hooman Majd, Doubleday, 2008, 197
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by None |
Secretary-General of Islamic Iran Participation Front 1997-2006 |
Succeeded by Mohsen Mirdamadi |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Hassan Rowhani |
Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Iran 2000-2004 |
Succeeded by Mohammad-Reza Bahonar |
| Preceded by Unknown |
Vice-Minister of Health and Medical Education 1998-2000 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
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