Majority 452,801 (21.44%) Constituency Mashhad Party Islamic Coalition Party Succeeded by Mohammad Nabi Habibi | Majority 550,351 (38.4%) Majority 314,750 (81.1%) Education University of Kansas | |
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Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr Constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr | ||
Hassan Ghafourifard (Persian: حسن غفوریفرد) is an Iranian academic and conservative politician. Ghafourifard held government portfolios in 1980s, before being appointed as the Physical Education Organization under president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
He formerly representied Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr twice in the Parliament of Iran, as well as serving a brief spell from Mashhad and Kalat electoral district.
Ghafourifard ran for Iranian presidential elections twice, and was defeated in both October 1981 and 2001 elections.
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