Mostafa Kavakebian (; born 18 March 1963) is an Iranian

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politician who was the representative of

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in the

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, from 2016 to 2020. He has formerly represented Semnan and

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in the parliament from 2008 until 2012. He registered for

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in the

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but was rejected by the

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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 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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 (, ; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian politician, artist, architect and opposition figure who served as the 45th and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 Iranian p ...

in the

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. 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 2012 election 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

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, and expressed his comments about the coming presidential election. He was registered for the election, but his bid was rejected by

. He later supported Mohammad-Reza Aref in the election. Following a successful campaign for parliament to represent a district in Tehran, he assumed office on 28 May 2016. In May 2024, Kavakebian submitted his application for his presidential candidacy in the

Electoral history

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