Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani

Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani
Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani
	Rahchamani in 2018
Head of State Welfare Organization
	In office; 20 September 2001 – 5 September 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Gholamreza Ansari
Succeeded by	Abulhassan Faghih
Member of the Parliament
	In office; 28 May 1984 – 28 May 2000
Constituency	Sabzevar
Majority	94,867 (64.4%)
Personal details
Born	1 December 1952; Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan Province, Imperial State of Iran
Died	9 March 2020 (aged 67); Tehran, Iran
Cause of death	COVID-19
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society; Islamic Iran Solidarity Party
Alma mater	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani (Persian: محمدرضا راه‌چمنی‎‎; 1 December 1952 – 9 March 2020) was an Iranian physician[1] and reformist politician. From 1984 to 2000, he represented Sabzevar in the Iranian Parliament.[1] During the early 2000s, he headed Iran's State Welfare Organization.[2]

Early life and education

Rahchamani was born in 1952 in Sabzevar and studied medicine.[1] There is no record of imprisonment for him before the Iranian Revolution, and he is not an Iran–Iraq War veteran.[1]

Career

A founding member of the Islamic Iran Solidarity Party,[1] from 1998 to 2002 he was the party's secretary-general and in 2006 became chairman of the central council.[3] He was also a founding member of the Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society.[4]

In 2020, as the secretary-general of the National Unity and Cooperation Party, he defied the decision of mainstream reformists for not taking part in the 2020 Iranian legislative election, by announcing a coalition of twelve reformist parties.[5]

Death

Rahchamani died at the age of 67 as a result of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 9 March 2020.[6]

References

Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 682. ISBN 9780815654322.
Dareini, Ali Akbar (11 July 2003), "Twins Return in Separate Coffins to Iran", The Associated Press, retrieved 14 February 2020
"Rah-Chamani elected Solidarity Party Central Council chairman", Tehran Times, 8 October 2006, retrieved 14 February 2020
"List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. 30 July 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
"With Most Reformists Barred, Iran's Parliamentary Elections Offer Little Choice", RFE/RL, 8 February 2020, retrieved 14 February 2020
"Former Iranian MP dies of coronavirus". Tehran Times. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

Government offices
Preceded by Gholamreza Ansari	Head of State Welfare Organization 2001–2005	Succeeded by Abolhassan Faqih
Party political offices
New title Party founded	Secretary-General of Islamic Iran Solidarity Party 1998–2002	Succeeded by Ebrahim Asgharzadeh
New title Party founded	Secretary-General of National Unity and Cooperation Party of Islamic Iran 2012–2020	Succeeded by TBD

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[Boroujerdi-1] Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 682. ISBN 9780815654322.

[2] Dareini, Ali Akbar (11 July 2003), "Twins Return in Separate Coffins to Iran", The Associated Press, retrieved 14 February 2020

[3] "Rah-Chamani elected Solidarity Party Central Council chairman", Tehran Times, 8 October 2006, retrieved 14 February 2020

[4] "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. 30 July 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

[5] "With Most Reformists Barred, Iran's Parliamentary Elections Offer Little Choice", RFE/RL, 8 February 2020, retrieved 14 February 2020

[6] "Former Iranian MP dies of coronavirus". Tehran Times. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.