Mostafa Mir-Salim
Sayyid Mostafa Agha Mirsalim(Persian: سید مصطفی میرسلیم) (born 10 June 1947)[3]is an Iranian engineer andconservativepolitician. He is currently member of theExpediency Discernment Council.He was formerly a member ofIslamic Consultative Assemblyfrom 2020 to 2024.
He was a presidential candidate at the2017 electionwhich placed third with receiving 1.16% of the votes.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]He obtained B.Sc. in Mechanics fromUniversite de Poitiersin 1969, M.Sc. in Mechanics fromÉcole nationale supérieure de mécanique et d'aérotechniqueand M.Sc. Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics from Attestation d`Eludes Approfondies, Universite de Poitiers both in 1971 and M.Sc. in Internal Combustion Engines fromÉcole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteursin 1972.[1]
He worked as an intern in Alsace Mechanical Industries until 1976, when he returned to Iran.[5]He worked atTehran Metroas the operational director from 1976 to 1979.[5]
Career
[edit]Mir-Salim served as the national police chief following theIranian Revolution.[6]He was proposed by then presidentAbulhassan Banisadrin July 1980 as a candidate for the prime minister as a compromise candidate acceptable to both Banisadr and theMajlisdominated by theIslamic Republican Party.[6][7]However, Banisadr was pressured to acceptMohammad-Ali Rajaiinstead.[7]From 1981 to 1989, Mir-Salim was the advisor to then presidentAyatollah Khamenei.[8]
In the beginning of 1989, on the occasion of thedeath and funeral of Hirohito,the 124th Emperor of Japan who had ruled for over 60 years until he died on January 7, Mir-Salim andHossein Saffar Harandi,a Member of Parliament and the Chairman of Parliament Committee on Agriculture, went to theImperial Palace in Tokyoto attend the Rites of Imperial Funeral on February 24 withMohammad Hossein Adeli,Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary in Japan, and his wife.[9]
Mir-Salim was appointedMinister of Culture and Islamic Guidancein 1994.[8]His tenure was characterized by a strongly conservative Islamist direction, aiming to stave off the "cultural onslaught" ofWestern cultureand promote pious Islamic culture in its place, including through the use of repressive measures. The Ministry under his direction was particularly known for closing a number ofreformistnewspapers.[10]
He was later appointed to theExpediency Discernment Council.[11]
He is assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran.[1]
Electoral history
[edit]| Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | President | 478,267 | 1.16% | 3rd | Lost[12] |
| 2020 | Parliament | 892,318 | 48.45% | 2nd | Won |
Personal life
[edit]According toIranian Diplomacy,Mirsalim is married to an Iranian woman.[5]He is fond of swimming and usually wearsshenandoah beard,collarless tuxedos and dark calottes that serve as hissignature look.[5]
References
[edit]- ^abc"S. Mostafa Agha Mirsalim homepage".Amirkabir University of Technology. Archived fromthe originalon 2014-01-01.Retrieved2013-06-27.
- ^"مشخصات شناسنامهای 6کاندیدای ریاستجمهوری".21 April 2017.
- ^"مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام".
- ^Kumaraswamy, P. R.; Quamar, Md. Muddassir; Singh, Manjari (2019).Persian Gulf 2018: India's Relations with the Region.Singapore:Palgrave Macmillan.p. 60.ISBN978-981-13-1977-8.
- ^abcd"Mostafa Mirsalim: Back after Two Decades",Iranian Diplomacy,18 December 2016,retrieved1 May2017
- ^ab"Iran's Police Chief Chosen as Premier in Compromise Move".The New York Times.27 July 1980. p. 1.
- ^abMohsen M. Milani (1994).The Making of Iran's Islamic Revolution: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic.Westview Press. p. 176.ISBN0-8133-8476-1.
- ^abFeuilherade, Peter (1 April 1994)."Iran: media and the message".The Middle East.Retrieved19 June2013.
- ^Diplomatic Blue Book: the Year of 1989 - 5. Delegation Representatives of Countries and Organizations that Attended the Rites of Imperial Funeral of Emperor Shōwa(『 ngoại giao thanh thư 1989 niên bản 』 - 5.“Chiêu hòa thiên hoàng đại tang の lễ” に tham liệt した quốc cập び quốc tế cơ quan の đại biểu )(in Japanese),published byMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
- ^Mehdi Moslem (2002).Factional Politics in Post-Khomeini Iran.Syracuse University Press. pp. 221–223.ISBN0-8156-2978-8.
- ^"Appointment of New members of Expediency Discernment Council".17 March 1997.
- ^"Final results of presidential election by province and county"(in Persian).Ministry of Interior.8 June 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 10 October 2017.Retrieved8 June2017.
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Tehran
- University of Poitiers alumni
- Members of the Expediency Discernment Council
- Government ministers of Iran
- Islamic Coalition Party politicians
- Islamic Society of Athletes politicians
- Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members
- Iranian expatriates in France
- Iranian mechanical engineers
- 20th-century Iranian engineers
- 20th-century Iranian politicians