Mehdi Chamran

Mehdi Chamran
Chairman of City Council of Tehran
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2003
Deputy	Alireza Dabir
Preceded by	Abdollah Nouri
Personal details
Born	9 September 1941 (1941-09-09) (age 70) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Abadgaran
Religion	Twelver Shi'a Islam

Mehdi Chamran (Persian: مهدی چمران) is an Iranian politician and the Chairman of the City Council of Tehran^[1] since 2003. He received the most number of votes from the Tehrani electorate in both of the elections he was elected in, in 2003 and 2006.

A major supporter of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his mayorship,^[2] Chamran turned towards Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and his supporters during the 2006 elections,^[3] which resulted in a three-way split of the third Tehran council between the two conservative factions and reformist candidates. Comparatively, the second council only consisted of conservative members and the first council mostly of reformist members.

Mehdi Chamran is the brother of Mostafa Chamran,^[4] a famous Iranian politician and military commander who died in 1981 during the Iran–Iraq War.

Political offices
Preceded by Abdollah Nouri	Chairman of City Council of Tehran 2003-present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by None	Leader of Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran 2003-2004	Succeeded by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

References

1. ^ "Imam Musa Sadr Was Imam Khomeini’s Right Hand in Arab Countries". AhlulBayt News Agency. 8 March 2011. http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=230274. Retrieved 15 March 2011. 
2. ^ Gheissari, Ali (2009). Contemporary Iran: economy, society, politics. Oxford University Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780195378498. 
3. ^ Naji, Kasra (2008). Ahmadinejad: the secret history of Iran's radical leader. I.B. Tauris. p. 62. ISBN 9781845116361. 
4. ^ Shaery-Eisenlohr, Roschanack (2008). Shiʻite Lebanon: transnational religion and the making of national identities. Columbia University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780231144261. 

Persondata
Name	Chamran, Mehdi
Alternative names
Short description	City Council of Tehran
Date of birth	1941
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Date of death
Place of death