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Sep 23, 1961 Torqabeh, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran 62 years old
Iranian conservative politician, professor, and former air force pilot
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About Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
- Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (Persian: ???????? ????????, born 23 August 1961) is an Iranian conservative politician and former military officer who held office as the Mayor of Tehran from 2005 to 2017.
- Ghalibaf was formerly Iran's Chief of police from 2000 to 2005 and commander of Revolutionary Guards' Air Force from 1997 to 2000. He holds a Ph.D.
- in political geography from Tarbiat Modares University.
- He is also a pilot, certified to fly certain Airbus aircraft.
- He began his military career during the Iran–Iraq War in 1980.
- He became chief commander of Imam Reza Brigade in 1982 and was chief commander of Nasr Division from 1983 to 1984.
- After the end of the war, he became Managing-Director of Khatam al-Anbia, an engineering firm controlled by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and was appointed as commander of the IRGC Air Force in 1996 by Ali Khamenei.
- Four years later, he became chief of the Iranian Police Forces after the previous commander was dismissed following the 1999 student protests.
- He was also appointed as Representative of President Mohammad Khatami during a campaign to combat smuggling in 2002.
- In September 2005, he was elected as Tehran's mayor by the City Council of Tehran.
- He is also a professor at the University of Tehran.Ghalibaf is often regarded a perennial candidate in the presidential elections.
- He was a candidate in the 2013 presidential election but lost to Hassan Rouhani, in second place with 6,077,292 of the votes.
- He was also a candidate in the 2005 presidential election.
- He announced his run for a third time in the 2017 election.
- However, he withdrew on 15 May 2017 in favor of Ebrahim Raisi's candidacy.
