Ahmad Tavakkoli

Ahmad Tavakkoli
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
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.