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Mohammad Khatami

Mohammad Khatami
Portrait of Mohammad Khatami 2010.jpg
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 Mohammad Khatami
Website Official website
Military service
Allegiance Iran Iran
Service/branch IIGF-Old.svg Iranian Imperial Army
Years of service 1969–1971
Rank IIArmy-Sotvan 2.png 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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