Mostafa Kavakebian

Mostafa Kavakebian
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,260,174 (38.81%)
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Hadi Doust-Mohammadi
Succeeded by	Alireza Khosravi
Constituency	Semnan and Mehdishahr
Majority	20,789 (32.99%)
Personal details
Born	18 March 1963 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
Religion	Islam
Website	kavakebian.com

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

Early life

Kavakebian was born in Semnan on 18 March 1963. He lived in Semnan until the end of his high school term. In 1982, he entered the Imam Sadegh University for undergraduate study in political science. He has a Ph.D. in political science from the Tarbiat Modarres University.

Career

Kavakebian is a leader of Democracy Party as a reformist party that he founded in 2000.^[2] He was the leader of the 'Popular Reformist Coalition' that to running on 2004 and 2008 legislative election. He was a member of 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, Kavakebian was nominated as a candidate for the presidential elections which took place in June 2013 by his party.^[2]

On 25 April 2013, he held a press-conference in Qom, and expressed his own 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[lower-alpha 1]	20,789	32.99	1st	Won[7]
2012	Parliament[lower-alpha 1]	26,377	31.09	2nd	Lost[8]
2013	President	–			Disqualified
2016	Parliament[lower-alpha 2]	1,260,174	38.81	9th	Won[9]

1. Semnan and Mehdishahr
2. Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr

References

1. "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
2. "Iran reformist party nominates candidate for presidential poll" (PDF). Montreal Institute. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
3. Tajik, Mahdi (4 July 2008). "Reformers need unity to be effective in parliament". Iran Times International. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
4. "Right can't get its act together for elections". Iran Times International. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
5. "Mostafa Kavakebian Talks about Iran's 2013 Presidential Election". Tehran Chronicle. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
6. Bahmani, Arash (22 May 2013). "The Arbiter of State Expediency is Disqualified". Rooz. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
7. "نماينده مردم سمنان در هشتمين دوره مجلس شوراي اسلامي‌ مشخص شد", Iranian Students' News Agency (in Persian), 15 March 2008, retrieved 10 February 2016
8. "نگاهی به روند برگزاری انتخابات مجلس نهم در استان سمنان", Mehr News Agency (in Persian), 6 March 2012, retrieved 10 February 2016
9. "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

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