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Mostafa Hashemitaba

Mostafa Hashemitaba
Mostafa Hashemitaba at YJC 09 (cropped).jpg
Vice President of Iran
Head of Physical Education Organization
In office
16 February 1994 – 10 November 2001
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by Hassan Ghafourifard
Succeeded by Mohsen Mehralizadeh
Minister of Heavy Industries
In office
4 August 1981 – 31 May 1982
President Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Succeeded by Behzad Nabavi
Personal details
Born (1946-05-22) 22 May 1946 (age 71)
Isfahan, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Executives of Construction Party
Children 2 daughters, 1 son
Alma mater Amir Kabir University of Technology
Profession Textile engineer
Awards ANOC Merit Award (2001)
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Mostafa Hashemitaba (Persian: مصطفی هاشمی‌طبا‎‎; born 22 May 1946) is an Iranian reformist politician. Hashemitaba served as Iran's minister of industries and vice president, as well as head of National Olympic Committee of Iran. He is described as having 'centrist' views.

He was a candidate in the Iranian presidential election, 2001, and was placed 10th. He was also a candidate in the 2017 election.

Hashemitaba is co-founder of the Executives of Construction Party and former member of its central committee, known as one of the senior figures among the party's conservative faction. In 2017, Tasnim News Agency wrote that Hashemitaba has not been active in the party since about ten years ago. He focuses on the environment in campaign speeches.

Hashemitaba made a cameo in the film Jang Athar in 1980.


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