Alireza Zakani

Presidential Aide for Tehran Social Damages Affairs and ManagementAssumed office
16 August 2023PresidentEbrahim Raisi47th Mayor of TehranAssumed office
2 September 2021Preceded byPirouz HanachiPresident of the Majlis Research CenterIn office
22 July 2020 – 14 August 2021Preceded byKazem JalaliSucceeded byBabak NegahdariMember of the Parliament of IranIn office
27 May 2020 – 14 August 2021ConstituencyQomMajority190,422 (59.00%)In office
28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016ConstituencyTehran, Rey, Shemiranat and EslamshahrMajority327,818 (29.10%) Personal detailsBorn (1966-03-03) 3 March 1966 (age 58)
Shahr-e Rey, IranPolitical partySociety of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution^[1]Other political
affiliationsUnited Front of PrinciplistsSpouseMasoumeh PakatchiChildren3Parent(s)Hossein Zakani (father)
Fatemeh Karandabi (mother)Alma materTehran University of Medical SciencesSignatureWebsiteZakani's official websiteMilitary serviceAllegianceRevolutionary GuardsBranch/serviceBasijYears of service1979–2004Unit27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division^[1]Battles/warsIran–Iraq War  (WIA)

Alireza Zakani (Persian: علیرضا زاکانی, born 3 March 1966) is an Iranian conservative^[1] politician, current mayor of Tehran since 2021 and Aide to the president of Iran in affairs of management of social damages in Tehran city since 2023.

He was a member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2016 and also from 2020 to 2021. He owns Jahan News website and Panjereh Weekly.^[2]

He announced ran for presidency in 2013 and 2017 but was disqualified by Guardian Council both times. He was a candidate for the 2021 presidential election, but withdrew in favour of Ebrahim Raisi.

Life

Alireza Zakani was born on 3 March 1966 in the Khorasan Square neighborhood of Tehran and spent his childhood and adolescence in the same area.^[3][4] Zakani's grandfather (on his mother's side) is a resident of Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province. His maternal grandfather was from Kashan and his paternal ancestors also lived in the northern villages of Tehran. His father was Hossein Zakani, one of the heroes of Tehran and the Shahr-e Rey region, who was responsible for holding Gholamreza Takhti's anniversary for 28 years.^[5]

Islamic Consultative Assembly

Zakani has been elected as the representative of the people of Qom city in the eleventh period of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Parliament) since 2020, and he has the record as the head of the special committee in order to investigate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.^[6]

Margins

Exactly three days after Zakani was appointed mayor of Tehran, Mohammad Saleh Meftah by creating a campaign under the title "Request for annulment of the decree of the mayor of Tehran" sued him and asked the interior minister to overturn this illegal ruling.^[7][8]

References

Appointed (1908–1968)Elected by City Council (1968–1979)Appointed (1979–1999)Elected by City Council (Since 1999)