Ahmad Tavakkoli
| Ahmad Tavakkoli احمد توکلی | |
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| Minister of Labour | |
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In office 12 November 1981 – 1 November 1985 | |
| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi |
| Succeeded by | Abolqasem Sarhadizadeh |
| Head of Relief Foundation | |
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In office 19 December 1979 – 12 November 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Habibollah Asgaroladi |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Karoubi |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
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Assumed office 3 May 2004 | |
| Constituency | Tehran |
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In office 4 May 1980 – 12 November 1981 | |
| Constituency | Behshahr |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 1951 (age 64) Behshahr, Iran |
| Political party | Islamic Coalition Party |
| Residence | Tehran, Iran |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Religion | Twelver Shi'a Islam |
| Website | Official website |
Ahmad Tavakkoli (Persian: احمد توکلی) (born 1951) is a conservative representative of Tehran in the Iranian parliament and the former director of Majlis Research Center.
Career
Tavakkoli was the minister of labour under Mir-Hossein Mousavi, a parliament representative from Behshahr, and a presidential candidate in two of the presidential elections in Iran (running against Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami).[1]
Tavakkoli temporarily left politics after the leftists oppositions forced him out of the ministry of labour. He founded Resalat, a conservative newspaper, and later left Iran to study economics in the UK, where he received his PhD.
Views and personal life
Tavakkoli is a critic of a capitalist economy, and backs the government's role in controlling the economy. He is a cousin of the Larijani brothers, including Ali Larijani and Mohammad Javad Larijani.
Tavakkoli is also one of the fierce critics of the President Ahmadinejad.[2] On 2 March 2011, the PBS' Tehran Bureau reported that Tavakkoli criticized President for mentioning only Iran and not Islam in recent speeches.[3]
References
- ↑ Muir, Jim (1 June 2001). "Iran election: People and policies". BBC (Tehran). Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ↑ Sohrabi, Naghmeh (July 2011). "The Power Struggle in Iran: A Centrist Comeback?" (PDF). Middle East Brief (53).
- ↑ "Iran gets some diplomatic heat over opposition leader arrests". Press Roundup 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2011.