Mohammad-Nabi Habibi

Mohammad Nabi Habibi was an Iranian politician and sociologist who was Secretary-General of the Islamic Coalition Party from 2004 until his death in 2019. He was Mayor of Tehran from 1983 until 1987, for a span lasting 44 months.

Political career

Habibi was a part of the opposition movements against Mohammad Reza Shah during the Pahlavi era and was jailed before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. After the revolution he gained a strong political profile and was *appointed to key positions including:

Governor of Tehran province
Governor of greater Khorasan province
Deputy of Minister of Transportation
The head of Iran Civil Aviation Organization
The head of Iran Post