Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani

Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani
Rafsanjani in 2019
Chairman of the City Council of Tehran
In office
23 August 2017 – 4 August 2021
DeputyEbrahim Amini
Preceded byMehdi Chamran
Succeeded byMehdi Chamran
Member of the City Council of Tehran
In office
23 August 2017 – 4 August 2021
Majority1,756,086
Head of President's Office
In office
8 June 1996 – 10 August 1997
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byHossein Marashi
Succeeded byMohammad-Ali Abtahi
Personal details
Born
Mohsen Hashemi Bahramani

(1961-10-24) 24 October 1961 (age 62)
Qom, Imperial State of Iran[1]
Political partyExecutives of Construction Party[1]
SpouseAzam Hashempour[2]
Children3[2]
Parents
Residence(s)Tehran, Iran
Alma materPolytechnique Montréal

Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: محسن هاشمی رفسنجانی, born 24 October 1961) is an Iranian politician, academic and engineer who served as a member and was chairman of the City Council of Tehran from 2017 to 2021. He was the deputy director of Iran's Islamic Azad University from 2013 until 2017 and chairman and CEO of Tehran Metro for 13 years. He was the main reformist member candidate for the fourth period of the Tehran city council in 2013 as Tehran Mayor, but lost to Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. In 2017, he was elected as a city councilor and later was elected as chairman of the council.

  1. ^ a b "Can Tehran City Council Catapult the Younger Hashemi Rafsanjani onto the Political Stage?", Iranian Diplomacy, 19 August 2017, retrieved 21 August 2017
  2. ^ a b "عکس: شجره نامه هاشمی رفسنجانی". 2016.