Ahmad Tavakkoli

Ahmad Tavakkoli
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 August 2017
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanMahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
President of the Majlis Research Center
In office
1 July 2004 – 1 July 2012
Preceded byMohammad Reza Khatami
Succeeded byKazem Jalali
Minister of Labour
In office
2 November 1981 – 2 August 1983
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byMohammad Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi
Succeeded byAbolqasem Sarhadizadeh
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority776,979
In office
28 May 1980 – 12 November 1981
ConstituencyBehshahr
Majority28,850
Personal details
Born (1951-03-05) March 5, 1951 (age 73)[citation needed]
Behshahr, Iran
Political partyFront of Transformationalist Principlists[1]
Other political
affiliations		Islamic Republican Party
Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization[2]
Relatives
Residence(s)Tehran, Iran
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
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Ahmad Tavakkoli (Persian: احمد توکلی; born 5 March[citation needed] 1951) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician, journalist. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[5] Also he is currently managing-director of Alef news website[6] and founder of the corruption watchdog, non-governmental organization Justice and Transparency Watch.[7]

Tavakkoli is the former representative of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the parliament and the director of Majlis Research Center.

  1. ^ "نگاهی به شکل گیری احزاب مجلس ساخته در ایران". Khabar Online. 20 November 2008. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Nepotism & the Larijani Dynasty". Tehran Bureau. August 20, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e Marsha B. Cohen (May 2013). "The Brothers Larijani: A sphere of power". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ^ Denise Hassanzade Ajiri (February 2016). "An introduction to Iran's parliamentary candidates". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ^ "تغییرات مجمع تشخیص؛ ریاست هاشمی شاهرودی و عضویت رئیسی و قالیباف". 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  6. ^ "Three successful anti-terror operations carried out". Iran. 6 June 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Oil contracts 'generally only profiting foreigners'". Mehr News Agency. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.