Kamaleddin Nikravesh
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Kamaleddin Nikravesh (Persian: کمالالدین نیکروش; born 1944 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician who served as the Mayor of Tehran in 1979-1980 and the Minister of Interior in 1980 in the newly established Islamic Republic as part of the first government of Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Kamaleddin Nikravesh | |
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کمالالدین نیکروش | |
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| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 3 September 1981 – 15 December 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani |
| Succeeded by | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri |
| Mayor of Tehran | |
| In office 14 January 1981 – 7 September 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Tavasoli (Reza Zavare'i acting) |
| Succeeded by | Gholam-Hossein Deljou |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1944 (age 81–82) |
| Party | Islamic Republican Party Islamic Coalition Party |
| Tehran Polytechnic Missouri State University | |
Biography
He completed his Bachelor's degree at the Tehran Polytechnic and his Master and Doctorate degrees at the Missouri State University.[1] He served as Mayor of Tehran in 1979-1980 for 7 months[2][3] He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of K. N. Toosi University of Technology[4] as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Water and Electricity Industry. From 1979 to 1981 he served as president of Amirkabir University of Technology. He served also as Provincial Governor of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.
In 2003, he was selected as the country's most outstanding figure in the field of electrical and electronic engineering.[5]