Mohammad Bagher Nobakht

Mohammad Bagher Nobakht
Nobakht in 2020
Vice President of Iran
Head of Plan and Budget Organization
In office
2 August 2016 – 11 August 2021
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byOffice reestablished
Succeeded byMasoud Mir Kazemi
Vice President of Iran
Head of Management and Planning Organization
In office
10 November 2014 – 1 August 2016
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byOffice reestablished
Vacant after Amir-Mansour Borgheie
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Vice President of Iran
for Supervision and Strategic Affairs and Acting for Management and Human Resources Development[1]
In office
1 September 2013 – 10 November 2014
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byBehrouz Moradi (Supervision and Strategic Affairs)
Gholam-Hossein Elham (Management and Human Resources Development)
Succeeded byOffices abolished
Spokesperson of the Government of Iran
In office
28 August 2013 – 1 August 2018
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byGholam Hossein Elham
Succeeded byAli Rabiei
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1988 – 28 May 2004
ConstituencyRasht
Majority285,536 (25.9%)[2]
Personal details
Born
Mohammad Bagher Nobakht Haghighi

(1950-12-13) 13 December 1950 (age 73)
Rasht, Iran
Political partyModeration and Development Party
OccupationEconomist, politician
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Mohammad Bagher Nobakht Haghighi (Persian: محمد باقر نوبخت حقیقی; born 13 December 1950 in Rasht, Iran) is an Iranian politician and economist. He was Hassan Rouhani's advisor for Supervision and Strategic Affairs and also was the Head of Plan and Budget Organization from 2016 to 2021. He was Spokesman of the Government from 2013 to 2018. He is also the former Head of Management and Planning Organization[3] and secretary-general of the Moderation and Development Party.[4]

He was a representative of Rasht in the Islamic Consultative Assembly for four consecutive terms. He was the spokesman for Rouhani's 2013 presidential election and also Deputy of Economic Research Department at the Center for Strategic Research,[5] a think tank led by Rouhani.

Following Rouhani's election, Nobakht was appointed as the president's liaison to the legislative branch led by Ali Ardashir Larijani, with the mandate to "establish communication and moderation" between the two branches of government; Larijani appointed Mohammad-Reza Bahonar as Nobakht's counterpart.[6] He was appointed as advisor for Supervision and Strategic Affairs on 5 August 2013 by Rouhani. On 11 August 2013, he was appointed vice president for planning and strategic supervision.[7]

  1. ^ "انتصاب دکترنوبخت به عنوان معاون برنامه‌ریزی ونظارت راهبردی ودکترامین زاده به عنوان معاون حقوقی رئیس جمهور". dolat.ir. Archived from the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Profile".
  3. ^ "Administrative and Recruitment Organisation (ARO) revives/President appoints ARO, PBO heads". president.ir. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. ^ Khani, Mohamamd Hassan (17 July 2012). "Political Parties in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Iran Review. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Experts: Dr Mohammad Bagher Nobakht". Center for Strategic Research. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Iran News Round Up". American Enterprise Institute. 20 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013. Rouhani appointed Economic Research Department Deputy at the Expediency Council's Center for Strategic Research Mohammad Bagher Nobakht to represent the executive and Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani appointed his deputy Mohammad Reza Bahonar to represent the legislative branch in an effort to "establish communication and moderation" between the two institutions.
  7. ^ "New Vice Presidents Appointed In Iran". Haberler (News). 12 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.