The Executives of Construction of Iran Party ( fa, حزب کارگزاران سازندگی ایران, Hezb-e Kārgozārān-e Sāzandegi-ye Irān) is a

reformist Reformism is a political doctrine advocating the reform of an existing system or institution instead of its abolition and replacement. Within the socialist movement, reformism is the view that gradual changes through existing institutions can eve ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

, founded by 16 members of the cabinet of the then

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...

in 1996. The party is a member of

Council for coordinating the Reforms Front The Council for Coordinating the Reforms Front or the Reformist Front Coordination Council ( fa, شورای هماهنگی جبهه اصلاحات) is the umbrella organization, coalition and council of main political groups within the Iranian ...

Views and factions

Economically, the party supports

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s and

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; with a high emphasis on progress and development. The party takes the view that

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is fundamentally linked to

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and

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, but it should not be allowed to conflict with development. The party is divided into two factions in constant struggle, the more conservative "

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

i faction" led by

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, محمد هاشمی رفسنجانی; born 29 August 1942) is an Iranian politician who was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council from 1997 to 2012. He served as vice president in charge of executive aff ...

and

Hossein Marashi Hossein Marashi ( fa, حسین مرعشی; born 17 November 1958 in Rafsanjan) is an Iranian politician. He served as the Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Marashi represented Kerman in the ...

and the more liberal "

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

i faction" led by

Mohammad Atrianfar Mohammad Atrianfar ( fa, محمد عطریانفر; born 1953 in Isfahan) is an Iranian journalist and reformist politician, currently the head of the "Policymaking Council" of the daily newspaper ''Shargh''. He is a member of the Executives of ...

and

Gholamhossein Karbaschi Gholamhossein Karbaschi ( fa, غلامحسین کرباسچی, Gholām-Hosein Karbāschī, ; born 23 August 1954) is an Iranian politician and former Shia cleric who was the Mayor of Tehran from 1990 until 1998. He is considered politically refor ...

Members

Founders

The party was formed in 1996. The following sixteen people were its founders; they signed the declaration of its formation and founding board members registering the party in

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in 1999 were:

Party leaders

Current officeholders

;Cabinet *

Eshaq Jahangiri Eshaq Jahangiri Kouhshahi ( fa, ‌اسحاق جهانگیری کوهشاهی, ; born 21 January 1958) is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth first vice president from 2013 until 2021 in Hassan Rouhani's government. Jahangiri was the ...

(First Vice President) *

Bijan Namdar Zanganeh Bijan Namdar Zangeneh ( fa, بيژن نامدار زنگنه; born 21 September 1952) is an Iranian politician, who served as minister, at different cabinets after the Islamic Revolution, for 30 years. He lately served as Minister of Petroleum f ...

(Minister of Petroleum) *

Isa Kalantari Issa Kalantari ( fa, عیسی کلانتری, born 1952 in Marand, East Azerbaijan) is an Iranian politician and former head of Department of Environment, serving from 2017 to 2021. He served as minister of agriculture in last year of Khamene ...

(Vice President for Environment) ;Parliament *

Parvaneh Mafi Parvaneh Mafi ( fa, پروانه مافی) is an Iranian reformist politician and a member of the Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district. Career She was formerly governor of Shemiranat County ...

(Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) * Fatemeh Saeidi (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) * Abdolreza Hashemzaei (Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr) * Nahid Tajeddin (Isfahan) * Mohammad-Bagher Sa'adat (Dashtestan) * Masoud Rezaei (Shiraz) *

Vali Maleki Vali Maleki ( fa, ‌ولی ملکی) is an Iranian politician and food industry engineer. He was born in Meshginshahr, Ardabil province. He was a member of the seventh legislative election and Maleki is MP of tenth Islamic Consultative Assemb ...

(Meshginshahr) ;Local *

Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, محسن هاشمی رفسنجانی, born 24 October 1961) is an Iranian politician, academic and engineer who served as a member and was chairman of the City Council of Tehran from 2017 to 2021. He was the deputy ...

(Chairman of Tehran City Council) *

Shakur Akbarnejad Shakur Akbarnejad ( fa, ‌‌شکور اکبرنژاد; born 1960) is an Iranian reformist politician. Akbarnejad was born in Tabriz. He is a member of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly from the electorate of Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr wit ...

(Chairman of Tabriz City Council)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Executives Of Construction Party 1996 establishments in Iran Political parties established in 1996 Reformist political groups in Iran Electoral lists for Iranian legislative election, 1996 Liberal parties in Iran Right-wing parties in Iran