Mostafa Kavakebian ( fa, مصطفی کواکبیان; born 18 March 1963) 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 ...

politician and representative of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

at the

Parliament of Iran The Islamic Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای اسلامی, Majles-e Showrā-ye Eslāmī), also called the Iranian Parliament, the Iranian Majles (Arabicised spelling Majlis) or ICA, is the national legislative body of Iran. The Pa ...

. He has formerly represented Semnan and Mehdishahr in the parliament from 2008 until 2012.

Early life

Kavakebian was born in Semnan on 18 March 1963.

Career

Kavakebian is a leader of Democracy Party a reformist party that he founded in 2000. He was the leader of the ' Popular Reformist Coalition' that was running on 2004 and 2008 legislative election. He was a member of the reformist faction in the Parliament. He founded Popular Coalition of Supporters of

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh ( fa, میرحسین موسوی خامنه, Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the forty-ninth and last Prime Minister of Ira ...

in the 2009 Iranian presidential election. Before he founded his party, he was the deputy leader of the 'Unity Party'. He is also the editor-in-chief of '' Mardomsalari'' newspaper. He was seeking to keep his seat in the

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as leader of the Democratic Coalition of Reformists, but was not elected. On 25 January 2013, his party nominated Kavakebian as a candidate for the presidential elections, which took place in June 2013. On 25 April 2013, he held a press conference in Qom, and expressed his comments about the coming presidential election. He was registered for the election, but his bid was rejected by Guardian Council. He later supported

Mohammad-Reza Aref Mohammad Reza Aref ( fa, محمدرضا عارف, born 19 December 1951) is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician who was the parliamentary leader of reformists' Hope fraction in the Iranian Parliament, representing Tehran, Rey ...

in the election. Following a successful campaign for parliament to represent a district in Tehran, he assumed office on 28 May 2016.

Electoral history

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http://drkv.ir {{DEFAULTSORT:Kavakebian, Mostafa 1963 births Living people Tarbiat Modares University alumni Academic staff of the Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch People from Semnan, Iran Iranian democracy activists Democracy Party (Iran) politicians Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly Islamic Iran Solidarity Party politicians Iranian newspaper publishers (people) Islamic Republican Party politicians Secretaries-General of political parties in Iran Imam Sadiq University alumni