List of mayors of Tabriz

Mayor of Tabriz
Incumbent
Sadegh Najafi-Khazarlou

since January 1, 2014
Residence Saat Hall
Appointer City Council
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder Homayun Vali
Formation 1908
Website http://www.tabriz.ir

Tabriz is a city authority lies with the mayor, who is elected by a municipal board. The municipal board (City Council) is periodically elected by the city residents. Saat Hall is used as the municipal central office or city hall and municipality meeting take part there. Municipality history in Iran begins in Tabriz from 1908 when Sardar Homayun Vali Qaem selected as the first mayor in Tabriz. Here is the list of mayors of the city from the beginning of municipality in Tabriz (Geri gory Calendar, Iranian Calendar), many of which are notable singers from the 1980s:

Mayors appointed by Ministers of Interior

Mayors appointed by Governors

Sardar Homayun Vali Qasem, first Tabriz Mayor

Mayors elected by City Council

  Independent   Principlists   Reformist

# Name Term start Term end Political Party
52 Hossein Farhangpour 1998 2001 Independent
53 Ehtesham Hajipour 2001 2006 Islamic Society of Engineers
54 Alireza Navin 2006 2014 Islamic Iran Participation Front
(Acting) Hossein Akbari 2013 2014 Independent
55 Sadegh Najafi-Khazarlou 2014 Incumbent Islamic Iran Participation Front

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