Mostafa Hashemitaba

Iranian politician

Mostafa Hashemitaba


Vice President of Iran Head of Physical Education Organization
In office 16 February 1994 – 10 November 2001
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hassan Ghafourifard
Succeeded by	Mohsen Mehralizadeh
Minister of Industries
In office 2 November 1981 – 14 August 1984
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister of Industries and Mines)
Succeeded by	Gholamreza Shafeei
Minister of Industries and Mines
In office 17 August 1981 – 2 November 1981
President	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of Industries)

Personal details
Born	(1946-05-22) 22 May 1946 (age 78)^[1]^[2] Isfahan, Iran
Political party	Executives of Construction Party
Children	2 daughters, 1 son^[2]
Alma mater	Amir Kabir University of Technology^[3]
Profession	Textile engineer^[4]
Awards	ANOC Merit Award (2001)^[5]
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Mostafa Hashemitaba (Persian: مصطفی هاشمی‌طبا; born 22 May 1946) is an Iranian reformist politician. Hashemitaba served as Iran's minister of industries and vice president,^[3] as well as head of National Olympic Committee of Iran.^[6] He is described as having 'centrist' views.^[7]

He was a candidate in the 2001 Iranian presidential election,^[7] and was placed 10th. He was also a candidate in the 2017 election.

Hashemitaba is co-founder of the Executives of Construction Party^[7] and former member of its central committee,^[8] known as one of the senior figures^[9] among the party's conservative faction.^[4] In 2017, Tasnim News Agency wrote that Hashemitaba has not been active in the party since about ten years ago.^[10] He focuses on the environment in campaign speeches.^[11]

Hashemitaba made a cameo in the film Jang Athar in 1980.^[12]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
2001	President	28,090	0.1	10th	Lost
2017	President	214,441	0.5	4th	Lost^[13]

References

^ "گذری بر فعالیت‌های سیاسی و اجرایی نامزدهای نهایی انتخابات 96". 21 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "مشخصات شناسنامه‌ای ۶ کاندیدای ریاست‌جمهوری". 21 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b "HASHEMI TABA, Mr. Mostafa [Parties]" (in Persian). Iran Almanac. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Iran's Presidential Candidates". The Associated Press. The Washington Post. 5 June 2001. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ "List of Laureates of ANOC Merit Award" (PDF). Association of National Olympic Committees. 30 November 2016. p. 3. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
^ "Hashemi-Taba Says Iran Hot Favorite in Five Olympic Fields". Mehr News Agency. 20 June 2003. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c Muir, Jim (1 June 2001). "Iran election: People and policies". BBC. Tehran. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
^ Muhammad Sahimi (28 April 2010). "The Middle Road of Hashemi Rafsanjani". TehranBureau. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
^ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: The National Kargozaran-Sazandegi Party; political view, its leaders, branches, and participation in any election in Iran (1998), 19 February 2002, IRN38586.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be498.html [accessed 19 March 2017]
^ "۶ کاندیدای انتخابات در کدام احزاب عضو هستند؟". 4 May 2017.
^ "Iranian Candidate Hashemitaba Focuses on Environment in Campaign Speech". 9 May 2017.
^ "سکانسی از همبازی‌شدن نامزد ریاست‌جمهوری با فرامرز قریبیان در یک فیلم!". 3 May 2017.
^ "Final results of presidential election by province and county" (in Persian). Ministry of Interior. 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hassan Ghafourifard	President of National Olympic Committee of Iran 1986–1988	Succeeded by Issa Kalantari
Preceded by Hossein Mahlouji	President of National Olympic Committee of Iran 1996–2004	Succeeded by Reza Gharakhanloo

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)
Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)
Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)
Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)
Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)
Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)
Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)
Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)
Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004

2013 ← 2017 Iranian presidential election → 2021

Candidates

Approved	Hassan Rouhani (campaign) Ebrahim Raisi (campaign) Mostafa Mir-Salim (campaign) Mostafa Hashemitaba (campaign)
Withdrew	Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (campaign) Eshaq Jahangiri
Disqualified	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hamid Baghaei Others (list)