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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
  
Pragmatism Islamic democracy Moderation

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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