Election Office (Iran)

Election Office
Election commission overview
JurisdictionIran
HeadquartersTehran, Iran
Minister responsible
Election commission executive
  • Ali Zeinivand[1], Head
Parent departmentMinistry of Interior

The Election Office (Persian: ستاد انتخابات کشور) is the body charged for implementation of election procedures in Iran and is subordinate to the Ministry of Interior.[2]

List of Heads

Date appointed Name Elections held Minister President
1997 Mostafa Tajzadeh 1998 experts
1999 councils
2000 parliament 		Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari Mohammad Khatami
2001 Morteza Moballegh 2001 president
2003 councils
2004 parliament
2005 president
7 October 2006[3] Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi 2006 councils/experts Mostafa Pourmohammadi Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
24 November 2007[4] Alireza Afshar 2008 parliament
16 March 2009[5] Kamran Daneshjoo 2009 president Sadegh Mahsouli
17 May 2011[6] Sowlat Mortazavi 2012 parliament
2013 president/councils		 Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
12 April 2015[7] Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi 2016 parliament/experts Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli Hassan Rouhani
30 December 2016[8] Ali-Asghar Ahmadi 2017 presidential/councils

See also

References

  1. ^ "Khomeini's Grandson Warns of 'Illegitimate' Government". Asharq Al-Awsat. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Polls close across Iran". Mehr News Agency. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  3. ^ ثمره هاشمی رییس ستاد انتخابات کشور شد. Donya-e-Eqtesad (in Persian). 7 October 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. ^ افشار رئیس ستاد انتخابات کشور شد. Tabnak (in Persian). 24 November 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  5. ^ کامران دانشجو رئیس ستاد انتخابات کشور شد. Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 16 March 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  6. ^ سیدصولت مرتضوی ‌رئیس ستاد انتخابات کشور ‌شد. Aftab News Agency (in Persian). 17 May 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. ^ مقیمی رئیس ستاد انتخابات کشور شد. Tasnim News Agency (in Persian). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  8. ^ حکم انتصاب احمدی به عنوان رئیس ستاد انتخابات کشور صادر شد. Fars News Agency (in Persian). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017.