Moderation and Development Party

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Leader Hassan Rouhani Headquarters Tehran, Iran		Founded 1999 Political position Centre
Secretary-General Mohammad Bagher Nobakht Ideology PragmatismIslamic democracyModeration

Moderation and Development Party (Persian: حزب اعتدال و توسعه‎, Hezb-e E'tedāl va Towse'eh‎) is a political party in Iran. It is a pragmatic-centrist political party which held its first congress in 2002. The party has been allied with Popular Coalition of Reforms and Pervasive Coalition of Reformists in parliamentary elections.

The party has had good relations with both Mohammad Khatami’s reform program and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Current officeholders

Cabinet

Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran

Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, Vice President for Strategy

Mahmoud Vaezi, Minister of Communication

Reza Salehi Amiri, Minister of Culture

Mohammadreza Nematzadeh, Minister of Industry

Parliament

Bahram Parsaei (Shiraz)

Zahra Saei (Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr)

Ali Nobakht (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr)

References

Moderation and Development Party Wikipedia

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