Iranian presidential election, 2001
Encyclopedia
Iranian presidential election of 2001 took place on June 8, 2001, and resulted in Mohammad Khatami
being elected as the President of Iran
for his second term.
Mohammad Khatami
Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...
being elected as the President of Iran
President of Iran
The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in, and the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; although subordinate to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state...
for his second term.
Candidates
- Mohammad KhatamiMohammad KhatamiSayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...
, Incumbent PresidentPresident of IranThe President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in, and the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; although subordinate to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state... - Ahmad TavakkoliAhmad TavakkoliAhmad Tavakkoli is a conservative representative of Tehran in the Iranian parliament, and the Director of Majlis Research Center.Before, he had been the Iranian Minister of Labour under Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a parliament representative from Behshahr, and a presidential candidate in two of the...
, Former Minister of Labour and Social Affairs - Ali ShamkhaniAli ShamkhaniAli Shamkhani is an Iranian admiral and politician. He was the Minister of Defense from August 19, 1997 until August 24, 2005 and was replaced by Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar.He is born in 1955 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, he earned a B.S...
, Incumbent Minister of Defence - Abdollah JasbiAbdollah JasbiAbdollah J. Jassbi is an Iranian academic, pragmatic politician and president of Azad University, a mega university with 1.3 million enrollments....
, Incumbent President of Islamic Azad UniversityIslamic Azad UniversityIslamic Azad University is a private chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.5 million students, making it the world's third largest... - Mahmoud Kashani
- Hassan Ghafourifard, Former Minister of Energy and Member of Parliament
- Mansour Razavi
- Shahabeddin Sadr, Member of Parliament
- Ali FallahianAli FallahianHojatoleslam Ali Fallahian, is an Iranian politician and cleric. He has served as a member of the 3rd Assembly of Experts of the IRI and as the Minister of Intelligence of Islamic Republic of Iran in cabinet of President Hashemi Rafsanjani...
, Former Minister of Intelligent - Mostafa Hashemitaba, Former Minister of Industries and Mines