Khatami

Mohammad Khatami
5th President of Iran
In office 3 August 1997 – 3 August 2005
Supreme Leader	Ali Khamenei
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi Mohammad Reza Aref
Preceded by	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
In office 12 September 1982 – 24 May 1992
President	Ali Khamenei Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Majid Moadikhah
Succeeded by	Ali Larijani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 1980 – 24 August 1982
Constituency	Yazd, Ardakan district
Majority	40,112 (82.1%)
Personal details
Born	Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (1943-09-29) 29 September 1943 (age 73) Ardakan, Yazd Province, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Association of Combatant Clerics
Spouse(s)	Zohreh Sadeghi (m. 1974)
Relations	Mohammad-Reza Khatami (brother) Ali Khatami (brother) Zahra Eshraghi (sister-in-law) Mohammad Reza Tabesh (nephew)
Children	Leila (b. 1975) Narges (b. 1980) Emad (b. 1988)
Parents	Ruhollah Khatami (father) Sakineh Ziaee (mother)
Alma mater	University of Isfahan University of Tehran
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Journalist Author Scholar
Religion	Shia Islam
Signature
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Iranian Imperial Army
Years of service	1969–1971
Rank	Second lieutenant; Financial specialist
Unit	Tehran region 3 sustainment

CABINET
OFFICE	NAME	TERM
President	Mohammad Khatami	1997–2005
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi	1997–2001
	Mohammad Reza Aref	2001–2005
Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi	1997–2005
Agricultural	Issa Kalantari	1997–1998
	Mohammad Saeedikia	1998–2000
	Mahmoud Hojjati	2000–2005
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar	1997–2005
ICT	Mohammad Reza Aref	1997–2000
	Ahmad Motamedi	2000–2005
Cooperatives	Morteza Haaji	1997–2001
	Ali Soufi	2001–2005
Culture	Attaollah Mohajerani	1997–2000
	Ahmad Masjed-Jamei	2000–2005
Defense	Ali Shamkhani	1997–2005
Economy	Hossein Namazi	1997–2001
	Tahmasb Mazaheri	2001–2004
	Safdar Hosseini	2004–2005
Education	Hossein Mozaffar	1997–2001
	Morteza Haaji	2001–2005
Power	Habibolah Bitaraf	1997–2005
Health	Mohammad Farhadi	1997–2001
	Masoud Pezeshkian	2001–2005
HUD	Ali Abdolalizadeh	1997–2005
Industrial	Eshaq Jahangiri	1997–2005
Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi	1997–1998
	Ali Younesi	1998–2005
Interior	Abdollah Nouri	1997–1998
	Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari	1998–2005
Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari	1997–2005
Labour	Hossein Kamali	1997–2001
	Safdar Hosseini	2001–2004
	Nasser Khaleghi	2004–2005
Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zangeneh	1997–2005
Roads	Mahmoud Hojatti	1997–2000
	Rahman Dadman	2000
	Ahmad Khorram	2000–2004
	Mohammad Rahmati	2004–2005
Science	Mostafa Moeen	1997–2003
	Jafar Towfighi	2003–2005
Welfare	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan	2004–2005

Seyyed Mohammad Khatami (Persian: سید محمد خاتمی‎‎, pronounced [ sejˈjed mohæmˈmæde xɒːtæˈmiː]; born 29 September 1943) is an Iranian scholar, Shia theologian, and reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to 1992. He was an outspoken critic of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government.

Little known until that point, Khatami attracted global attention during his first election to the presidency when he captured almost 70% of the vote. Khatami had run on a platform of liberalization and reform. During his two terms as president, Khatami advocated freedom of expression, tolerance and civil society, constructive diplomatic relations with other states including those in Asia and the European Union, and an economic policy that supported a free market and foreign investment.

Khatami is known for his proposal of Dialogue Among Civilizations. The United Nations proclaimed the year 2001 as the United Nations' Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations, on Khatami's suggestion.

On 8 February 2009, Khatami announced that he would run in the 2009 presidential election. On 16 March, he announced he was withdrawing from the race in favor of his long-time friend and adviser, former Prime Minister of Iran, Mir-Hossein Mousavi.

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