Mohammad-Ali Najafi

For the governor of Alborz Province, see Mohammad-Ali Najafi (governor).

Mohammad Ali Najafi
Mayor of Tehran
In office
27 August 2017 – 10 April 2018
Preceded byMohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Succeeded byMohammad-Ali Afshani
Minister of Science
In office
20 August 2014 – 26 November 2014
Acting
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byReza Farajidana
Succeeded byMohammad Farhadi
In office
17 August 1981 – 14 August 1984
PresidentMohammad-Ali Rajai
Ali Khamenei
Prime MinisterMohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (acting)
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byHassan Arefi
Succeeded byIradj Fazel
Vice President of Iran
Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
In office
19 August 2013 – 30 January 2014
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byMohammed Sharif Malekzadeh
Succeeded byMasoud Soltanifar
Member of City Council of Tehran
In office
29 April 2007 – 18 August 2013
Succeeded byAbdolmoghim Nasehi
Majority202,700 (12.24%)
Vice President of Iran
Head of Management and Planning Organization
In office
15 August 1997 – 2 December 2000
PresidentMohammad Khatami
Preceded byHamid Mirzadeh
Succeeded byMohammad-Reza Aref
Minister of Education
In office
20 September 1988 – 20 August 1997
PresidentAli Khamenei
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byKazem Akrami
Succeeded byHossein Mozaffar
Personal details
Born (1952-01-13) 13 January 1952 (age 72)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyExecutives of Construction Party
Spouse(s)
Sarvar Tabeshian
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(m. 1976)​
[1]
Mitra Ostad
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(m. 2018; died 2019)​
[2]
ChildrenZahra[3]
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Sharif University of Technology
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Mohammad-Ali Najafi (Persian: محمدعلی نجفی; born 13 January 1952) is an Iranian mathematician and reformist politician who was the Mayor of Tehran, serving in the post for eight months, until April 2018. He held cabinet portfolios during the 1980s, 1990s and 2010s. He is also a retired professor of mathematics at Sharif University of Technology.

  1. ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Wife of Iran presidential adviser shot dead at home". Arab News. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "همه چیز درباره محمد علی نجفی". Farda News. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2019.