Bahaoddin Adab

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Bahaoddin Adab

Bahaoddin Adab (Persian: بهاالدين ادب‎, also Bahaeddin) is a prominent Iranian Kurdish politician and engineer; Born in 1945 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran. He has a civil engineering master degree from Amirkabir University of Technology (Polytechnique).

He has been elected as a member of the Iranian Parliament (or Majlis of Iran) for two consecutive terms (5th and 6th) by the people of Sanandaj, Kamyaran and Diwandarreh. However, he has been disqualified by the Guardian Council for the 7th parliament elections, as many other independent and/or reformist candidates, because of his open critics to the system (Refer to an article in the French journal Le Monde). After his name has been barred from the elections, he founded the Kurdish United Front.

Bahaoddin Adab has served as the chairman of the Syndicate of Iranian Construction Contractors, CEO of Ravagh Construction Company, CEO of Abej Construction Company, deputy chairman of the Confederation of Iranian Industries, member of the Board of Directors of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, deputy chairman of Karafarin Bank, chairman of the Association of Engineering & Building Controllers, member of the Board of Trustees of Amirkabir University of Technology (Polytechnique), and the deputy chairman of the Iranian Basketball Federation.