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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | |
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محمدباقر قالیباف | |
![]() Ghalibaf in 2024 | |
6th Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
Assumed office 28 May 2020 | |
Deputy | |
Preceded by | Ali Larijani |
Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
Assumed office 27 May 2024 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis |
Majority | 447,905 (28.53%) |
In office 27 May 2020 – 27 May 2024 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis |
Majority | 1,265,287 (68.69%) |
Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
In office 14 August 2017 – 28 May 2020 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Chairman | |
Succeeded by | Ali Larijani |
43rd Mayor of Tehran | |
In office 14 September 2005[1] – 27 August 2017 | |
Deputy | Issa Sharifi[2] |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Succeeded by | Mohammad-Ali Najafi |
Head of the Central Headquarters for Combating Goods and Currency Smuggling | |
In office 8 June 2004 – 1 September 2005 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Mohammad Reza Naqdi |
Personal details | |
Born | Torqabeh, Iran[3] | 23 August 1961
Political party | Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran (Spiritual leader)[4] |
Other political affiliations | |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Spouse |
Zahra-Sadat Moshir-Estekhareh
(m. 1982) |
Children | Elias, Eshaq, Maryam[5] |
Alma mater | |
Awards |
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Religion | Shia Islam |
Signature | ![]() |
Website | Official website |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | Revolutionary Guards |
Years of service | 1981–2000 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Commands | |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Police career | |
Service | Law Enforcement Force |
Service years | 2000–2005 |
Rank | Brigadier general |
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (Persian: محمدباقر قالیباف, born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian conservative politician, former military officer, and current Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020. He held office as the Mayor of Tehran from 2005 to 2017. Ghalibaf was formerly Iran's Chief of police from 2000 to 2005 and commander of the Revolutionary Guards' Air Force from 1997 to 2000.
He holds a Ph.D. in political geography from Tarbiat Modares University. He is also a pilot, certified to fly certain Airbus aircraft. He began his military career during the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. He became chief commander of the Imam Reza Brigade in 1982 and was chief commander of Nasr Division from 1983 to 1984. After the end of the war, he became Managing-Director of Khatam al-Anbia, an engineering firm controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and was appointed as commander of the IRGC Air Force in 1996 by Ali Khamenei. Four years later, he became chief of the Iranian Police Forces after the previous commander was dismissed following the 1999 student protests. He was also appointed as Representative of President Mohammad Khatami during a campaign to combat smuggling in 2002. In September 2005, he was elected as Tehran's mayor by the City Council of Tehran. He is also a professor at the University of Tehran.[6]
Ghalibaf is often regarded a perennial candidate in the presidential elections.[7] He was a candidate in the 2013 presidential election but lost to Hassan Rouhani, in second place with 6,077,292 of the votes. He was also a candidate in the 2005 presidential election. He announced his run for a third time in the 2017 election. However, he withdrew on 15 May 2017 in favor of Ebrahim Raisi's candidacy. He was a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
In the 2020 Iranian legislative election, the Principlists regained the majority in the legislature,[8] and Ghalibaf was elected as the new Speaker of Iran Parliament.[9]