Hossein Mozaffar

Hossein Mozaffar (Persian: حسین مظفر) is an Iranian conservative politician who was Minister of Education under President Mohammad Khatami and represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr in the Parliament of Iran twice.[1] He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.[2]

Hossein Mozaffar


Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2012 – 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	298,629 (26.5%)[1]
In office 28 May 2004 – 28 May 2008
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	589,091 (29.87%)[1]
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2002
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Minister of Education
In office 20 August 1997 – 22 August 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Succeeded by	Morteza Haji

Personal details
Born	c. 1952 (age 70–71)[1] Malayer, Iran[1]
Political party	Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
Other political affiliations	Islamic Association of Teachers (founding member) Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004) United Front of Principlists (2012) Principlists Grand Coalition (2016)
Relatives	Mehdi Kouchakzadeh (co-fathers-in-law)

He is considered an ally of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf[3] and close to Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran. Mozaffar was Ghalibaf's campaign manager in 2013 presidential election.[4]

References

"Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
"تغییرات مجمع تشخیص؛ ریاست هاشمی شاهرودی و عضویت رئیسی و قالیباف". 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
"سهم 50 درصدی جبهه پایداری از ائتلاف اصولگرایان /معتدلین در اقلیت محض". Donya-e-Eqtesad (in Persian). 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
"دبیرکل جمعیت پیشرفت و عدالت ایران: نمی‌توان گفت قالیباف از رقابت سر باز خواهد زد". Fars News Agency (in Persian). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.

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

Education Ministers of Iran
Hedayati Parsa Houshang Ganji Habibollahi^a Ameli Riahi Shokouhi Rajai Bahonar Shegarf^a Parvaresh Moayyed^a Mousavi^a Akrami Abtahi^a Najafi Mozaffar Haji Fani^a Farshidi Ali-Ahmadi Mohsenpour^a Hajibabaee Fani Bathaei^a Ahmadi Bathaei Hosseini^a Haji-Mirzaei Kazemi^a Noori
^a Acting

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