Bahaedin Adab (), also spelled Bahaeddin or Bahaoddin Adab, Kurdish "Baha Adab" (21 August 1945 – 16 August 2007) was a prominent

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ian

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politician and engineer and philanthropist. He was born in

Sanandaj Sanandaj (; ) is a city in the Central District of Sanandaj County, in the Kurdistan province of Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. With a population of 414,069, it is the second largest Kurdish city a ...

and had a civil engineering master's degree from

Amirkabir University of Technology Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) (), also called the Tehran Polytechnic, is a public technological university located in Tehran, Iran. Founded in 1958, AUT is the oldest technical university established in Iran. It is referred to as the ...

(Tehran Polytechnique). He died of

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on 16 August 2007 in Tehran. He was buried in "Bahasht Mhamadi" Behesht-e Mohammadi cemetery in Sanandaj alongside his parents. He had been elected as a member of the Iranian Parliament (

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) for two consecutive terms (1996–2004) from

Kamyaran Kamyaran () is a city in the Central District of Kamyaran County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Ethnicity and religion The inhabitants of Kamyaran are Kurdish and mainly fol ...

and Diwandarreh. However, he was disqualified by the

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for the 7th parliament elections, as were many other independent or reformist candidates, because of his open criticism of the system. After he was barred from the elections, with some other individuals he founded the new political movement

Kurdish United Front The Kurdish United Front (; ; abbreviated KUF) is an ethnic political organization associated with Kurds in Iran which operates inside Iran. The organization works within the framework of constitution of Iran, eschews violence and separatism, wh ...

in early 2006. Adab served as the chairman of the Syndicate of Iranian Construction Contractors, CEO of Abej Construction Company, CEO of Ravagh Construction Company, deputy chairman of the Confederation of Iranian Industries, member of the Board of Directors of Chamber of Commerce and Industry, deputy chairman of Karafarin Bank, member of the Board of Karafarin Insurance, chairman of the Association of Engineering and Building Controllers, chairman of Namavaran Mohandessi Investment Company, member of the Board of Trustees of

(Polytechnique), and deputy chairman of the Iranian Basketball Federation.

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