Bahaoddin Adab

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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 (Majlis of Iran) for two consecutive terms (1996-2004) from 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 ([1] Reference to an article in the French journal Le Monde). After his name has been barred from the elections, with some other individuals he founded the Kurdish United Front, as a new political movement, in early 2006.

Bahaoddin Adab has served as the chairman of the Syndicate of Iranian Construction Contractors, CEO of Abej Construction Company, CEO of Ravagh 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.