Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
| Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel | |
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| Speaker of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 6 June 2004 – 27 May 2008 Acting: 29 May – 5 June 2004 |
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| Deputy |
Mohammad-Reza Bahonar Hassan Aboutorabi |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Karroubi |
| Succeeded by | Ali Larijani |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 28 May 2000 – 27 May 2016 |
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| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Majority | 1,119,474 (47.94%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Gholam-Ali Mashhad Mohammad-Ali Haddad 4 May 1945 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution |
| Other political affiliations |
Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran Islamic Republic Party (1980–1987) |
| Relatives |
Mojtaba Khamenei (son-in-law) Ali Khamenei (co-fathers-in-law) |
| Alma mater |
University of Tehran Shiraz University |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
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| Website | Official weblog |
Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel (Persian: غلامعلی حداد عادل, born 4 May 1945) is an Iranian philosopher, politician and former chairman of the Parliament. He is the first non-cleric in the post since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was one of the candidates in the 2013 presidential election but withdrew on 10 June, four days before the election. He is part of "neo-principalist" group in the Iranian political scene.
Haddad-Adel was born in Tehran in May 1945 into a business family. He received a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Tehran and also, a master's degree in physics from University of Shiraz. He also holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Tehran which he received in 1975.
He studied Islamic philosophy under Morteza Motahhari and also under Sayyed Hossein Nasr who is famous for his critique of Marxism.
Following the Iranian Revolution Haddad-Adel became a member of the Islamic Republic Party and he served in many governmental posts, including deputy culture and Islamic guidance minister (1979) and deputy education minister (1982–1993). Since 1995 he has been serving as the head of the Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature (except for August 2004 – 2008). He is also the executive director of the Islamic Encyclopedia Foundation. He contributed to the establishment of the national Scientific Olympiads in Iran.
Haddad-Adel served at the Majlis for thirteen years, over four terms. He officially ranked as the 33rd candidate of Tehran in the 2000 parliamentary election after recounts by the Council of Guardians which led to an annulment of 700,000 Tehrani votes and the removal of Alireza Rajaei and Ali Akbar Rahmani from the top 30, and the withdrawal of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Haddad-Adel collected the most votes from Tehran four years later, while most Tehranis refused to vote in 2004 election because many reformist candidates where not allowed to run. He was supported by the Abadgaran alliance and became the Speaker of Parliament for one year beginning 6 June 2004, with 226 votes out of 259, running unopposed. He became the first non-clerical speaker since the revolution. Since 2008, he has been the advisor to the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. In 2012, he ran for the Majlis speakership, but lost the bid.
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