Habibolah Bitaraf ( fa, حبیب‌الله بی‌طرف) is an Iranian

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 ...

politician. He was Energy Minister for 8 years during

Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khatami ( fa, سید محمد خاتمی, ; born 14 October 1943) is an Iranian politician who served as the fifth president of Iran from 3 August 1997 to 3 August 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture from 1982 to ...

presidency. He also served as provincial governor of

Yazd Yazd ( fa, یزد ), formerly also known as Yezd, is the capital of Yazd Province, Iran. The city is located southeast of Isfahan. At the 2016 census, the population was 1,138,533. Since 2017, the historical city of Yazd is recognized as a Worl ...

. He was nominated as the energy minister by President

Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani ( fa, حسن روحانی, Standard Persian pronunciation: ; born Hassan Fereydoun ( fa, حسن فریدون, links=no); 12 November 1948) is an Iranian politician who served as the seventh president of Iran from 2013 to 2021. ...

on 8 August 2017 but he was the only nominee who did not gain a vote of confidence from the

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on 20 August 2017, with 133 yeas, 132 nays, 17 abstentions and 6 invalid votes. Bitaraf is a founding member of the

Islamic Iran Participation Front The Islamic Iran Participation Front ( fa, جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Kho ...

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Living people Government ministers of Iran Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians 1956 births Iranian campaign managers People from Yazd Iranian civil engineers 20th-century Iranian engineers 20th-century Iranian politicians 21st-century Iranian politicians 21st-century Iranian engineers Governors of Yazd Province {{Iran-bio-stub