Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani
Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani | |
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 Rahchamani in 2018
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| Head of State Welfare Organization | |
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In office 20 September 2001 – 5 September 2005 |
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| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Gholamreza Ansari |
| Succeeded by | Abulhassan Faghih |
| Member of the Parliament | |
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In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 2000 |
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| 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 |
| 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 and reformist politician. From 1984 to 2000, he represented Sabzevar in the Iranian Parliament. During the early 2000s, he headed Iran's State Welfare Organization.
Early life and education
Rahchamani was born in 1952 in Sabzevar and studied medicine. There is no record of imprisonment for him before the Iranian Revolution, and he is not an Iran–Iraq War veteran.
Career
A founding member of the Islamic Iran Solidarity Party, from 1998 to 2002 he was the party's secretary-general and in 2006 became chairman of the central council. He was also a founding member of the Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society.
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.
Death
Rahchamani died at the age of 67 due to complications from COVID-19 on 9 March 2020.