Alinaghi Khamoushi

Alinaghi Khamoushi
Portrait of Alinaghi Khamoushi
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1992 – 28 May 1996
ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority396,395 (38.6%)
Head of Mostazafan Foundation
In office
5 March 1979 – 17 September 1980
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMohammad-Ali Rajai
Personal details
Born
Seyed Ali Naghi Seyed Khamoushi

1939 (age 84–85)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyIslamic Coalition Party
RelativesAbolhassan Khamoushi (brother)
Taghi Khamoushi (brother)
Alma materBlackburn College
OccupationBusinessman
ProfessionTextile engineer

Alinaghi Khamoushi (Persian: علینقی‌ خاموشی, romanizedʿAli-Naqi Ḵāmuši) is an Iranian business magnate and conservative politician.

An influential lobbyist in Iranian political and economic arena, he is a senior member of the Islamic Coalition Party and runs three large textile companies owned by two religious centers and the CEO of Iran Investments Company.[1]

Khamoushi served as the president of the Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines from 1984 to 2007.[2] He also represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran from 1992 to 1996.[2] Khamoushi was the first head of Mostazafan Foundation, a Bonyad.[2]

  1. ^ Hamid Farokhnia (23 February 2011), The Pseudo-Parliament of Iran's Private Sector, retrieved 11 June 2017
  2. ^ a b c Rahnema, Ali (February 20, 2013) [December 15, 2008]. "ii. Jamʿiyat-e Moʾtalefa and the Islamic Revolution". JAMʿIYAT-E MOʾTALEFA-YE ESLĀMI i. Hayʾathā-ye Moʾtalefa-ye Eslāmi 1963-79. Encyclopædia Iranica. Fasc. 5. Vol. XIV. New York City: Bibliotheca Persica Press. pp. 483–500. Retrieved March 15, 2016.