Mohammad Gharazi

Mohammad Gharazi

Gharazi voting in Hosseiniyeh Ershad, 2016
Member of the City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 1999  3 January 2000
Majority 192,211 (13.69%)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone
In office
31 October 1985  15 August 1997
President Ali Khamenei
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by Morteza Nabavi
Succeeded by Mohammad Reza Aref
Minister of Petroleum
In office
15 August 1981  31 October 1985
President Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by Mohammad Javad Tondguyan
Succeeded by Gholam Reza Aghazadeh
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
12 August 1981  15 August 1981
Preceded by Ahmad Salamatian
Constituency Isfahan
Majority 237,443 (77.5%)
Governor of Khuzestan Province
In office
2 January 1980  July 1981
Preceded by Ahmad Madani
Succeeded by Mohammad-Hassan Tavallayi
Personal details
Born (1941-10-05) 5 October 1941
Isfahan, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s) Razieh Salimi[1]
Residence Pasdaran, Tehran[2]
Alma mater University 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 5 October 1941 in Shahreza, Isfahan province.[3] He studied electronics the University of Tehran. He later moved to France but was back to his home country and was arrested by SAVAK in 1972.[4]

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).[3] He accompanied Ruhollah Khomeini on his trip from Paris to Tehran.[4] 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.[3] He later was appointed minister of petroleum by the then Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi.[6] He held this post until 1985, when he became minister of post (currently Communication).[4] He resigned from office in 1997 after election of Mohammad Khatami.[3] 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.[7] He was the only independent candidate approved to run in the presidential election.[8] However, he was regarded as one of the dark horses in the election.[8] He won the sixth place in the election, receiving only 446,015 votes.

Electoral history

Year Election Votes % Rank Notes
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

References

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Political offices
Preceded by
Mohammad Javad Tondguyan
Minister of Petroleum
19811985
Succeeded by
Gholam Aghazadeh
Preceded by
Morteza Nabavi
Minister of Post
19851997
Succeeded by
Mohammad-Reza Aref
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