Mohammad Bagher Nobakht | |
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Nobakht in 2016
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Vice President of Iran Head of Planning and Budget Organization |
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Assumed office 2 August 2016 |
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President | Hassan Rouhani |
Preceded by | Office reestablished |
Vice President of Iran Head of Management and Planning Organization |
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In office 10 November 2014 – 1 August 2016 |
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President | Hassan Rouhani |
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Office reestablished Vacant after Amir-Mansour Borgheie |
Succeeded by | Office abolished |
Vice President of Iran for Supervision and Strategic Affairs and Acting for Management and Human Resources Development |
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In office 1 September 2013 – 10 November 2014 |
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President | Hassan Rouhani |
Preceded by | Behrouz Moradi (Supervision and Strategic Affairs) Ebrahim Azizi (Management and Human Resources Development) |
Succeeded by | Offices abolished |
Spokesperson of the Government of Iran | |
Assumed office 28 August 2013 |
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President | Hassan Rouhani |
Preceded by | Gholam Hossein Elham |
Member of Parliament of Iran | |
In office 28 May 1988 – 28 May 2004 |
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Constituency | Rasht |
Majority | 285,536 (25.9%) |
Personal details | |
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Mohammad Bagher Nobakht Haghighi 13 December 1950 Rasht, Iran |
Political party | Moderation and Development Party |
Occupation | Economist, politician |
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Mohammad Bagher Nobakht Haghighi (Persian: محمد باقر نوبخت حقیقی; born 13 December 1950 in Rasht, Iran) is an Iranian politician and economist and currently Hassan Rouhani's adviser for Supervision and Strategic Affairs, Head of Plan and Budget Organization, and also Spokesman of the Government. He is also the former Head of Management and Planning Organization and secretary-general of the Moderation and Development Party.
He was a representative of Rasht in the Islamic Consultative Assembly for four consecutive terms. He was the spokesman for Rouhani's 2013 presidential election and also Deputy of Economic Research Department at the Center for Strategic Research, a think tank led by Rouhani.
Following Rouhani's election, Nobakht was appointed as the president's liaison to the legislative branch led by Ali Ardashir Larijani, with the mandate to "establish communication and moderation" between the two branches of government; Larijani appointed Mohammad-Reza Bahonar as Nobakht's counterpart. He was appointed as adviser for Supervision and Strategic Affairs on 5 August 2013 by Rouhani. On 11 August, he was appointed vice president for planning and strategic supervision.