Mostafa Kavakebian

Iranian politician

Mostafa Kavakebian


Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2016 – 26 May 2020
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,260,174 (38.81%)
In office 28 May 2008 – 27 May 2012
Preceded by	Hadi Doust-Mohammadi
Succeeded by	Alireza Khosravi
Constituency	Semnan and Mehdishahr
Majority	20,789 (32.99%)

Personal details
Born	(1963-03-18) 18 March 1963 (age 61) Semnan, Iran
Political party	Democracy Party
Other political affiliations	Reformists Front (2000–2014) Solidarity Party (1998–2000) Islamic Republican Party (1980–1987)^[1]
Alma mater	Imam Sadegh University
Website	kavakebian.com

Mostafa Kavakebian (Persian: مصطفی کواکبیان; born 18 March 1963) is an Iranian reformist politician who was the representative of Tehran at the Parliament of Iran, from 2016 to 2020 . He has formerly represented Semnan and Mehdishahr in the parliament from 2008 until 2012.

Early life

Kavakebian was born in Semnan on 18 March 1963.

Career

Kavakebian is a leader of Democracy Party a reformist party that he founded in 2000.^[2] He was the leader of the 'Popular Reformist Coalition' that was running on 2004 and 2008 legislative election. He was a member of the reformist faction in the Parliament.^[3] He founded Popular Coalition of Supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi in the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Before he founded his party, he was the deputy leader of the 'Unity Party'. He is also the editor-in-chief of Mardomsalari newspaper.^[2] He was seeking to keep his seat in the 2012 election as leader of the Democratic Coalition of Reformists, but was not elected.^[4]

On 25 January 2013, his party nominated Kavakebian as a candidate for the presidential elections, which took place in June 2013.^[2]

On 25 April 2013, he held a press conference in Qom, and expressed his comments about the coming presidential election.^[5] He was registered for the election, but his bid was rejected by Guardian Council.^[6] He later supported Mohammad-Reza Aref in the election.

Following a successful campaign for parliament to represent a district in Tehran, he assumed office on 28 May 2016.

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
2005	President	–			Disqualified
2008	Parliament^[a]	20,789	32.99	1st	Won^[7]
2012	Parliament^[a]	26,377	31.09	2nd	Lost^[8]
2013	President	–			Disqualified
2016	Parliament^[b]	1,260,174	38.81	9th	Won^[9]
2017	President	–			Disqualified

^ ^a ^b Semnan and Mehdishahr
^ Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr

References

^ "نگاهی به سوابق اجرایی نامزد های ریاست جمهوری/ از فرماندهی سپاه تا سابقه کمتر از یکسال نمایندگی", Entekhab (in Persian), 4 April 2013, retrieved 3 November 2016
^ ^a ^b ^c "Iran reformist party nominates candidate for presidential poll" (PDF). Montreal Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
^ Tajik, Mahdi (4 July 2008). "Reformers need unity to be effective in parliament". Iran Times International. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
^ "Right can't get its act together for elections". Iran Times International. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
^ "Mostafa Kavakebian Talks about Iran's 2013 Presidential Election". Tehran Chronicle. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
^ Bahmani, Arash (22 May 2013). "The Arbiter of State Expediency is Disqualified". Rooz. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
^ "نماينده مردم سمنان در هشتمين دوره مجلس شوراي اسلامي‌ مشخص شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 15 March 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
^ "نگاهی به روند برگزاری انتخابات مجلس نهم در استان سمنان", Mehr News Agency (in Persian), 6 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
^ "ریز آمار نتایج 1021 کاندیدای نمایندگی مجلس در تهران + فیلم مرور روز انتخابات", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 27 February 2016, retrieved 27 February 2016