Mostafa Hashemitaba
Iranian politician
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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]
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Mostafa Heshemitaba | |
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مصطفی هاشمیطبا | |
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| 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 | 22 May 1946[1][2] |
| 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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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]
