Hassan Ghafourifard

Hassan Ghafourifard (Persian: حسن غفوری‌فرد; 5 August 1943 – 9 March 2023) was an Iranian academic and conservative politician. Ghafourifard held government portfolios in the 1980s, before being appointed to the Physical Education Organization under president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Hassan Ghafourifard
حسن غفوری‌فرد
Ghafourifard in 2014
Member of Parliament
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	556,217 (31.95%)
In office 14 January 2007 – 28 May 2008
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	452,801 (21.44%)
In office 28 May 1996 – 28 May 2000
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	550,351 (38.49%)
In office 3 August 1981 – 17 August 1981
Constituency	Mashhad
Majority	314,750 (81.09%)
Vice President of Iran Head of Physical Education Organization
In office September 1989 – 16 February 1994
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by	Ahmad Dargahi
Succeeded by	Mostafa Hashemitaba
Minister of Energy
In office 17 August 1981 – 28 October 1985
President	Mohammad-Ali Rajai Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Hassan Abbaspour
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Taqi Banki
Governor of Khorasan province
In office December 1979[citation needed] – 29 July 1981
President	Abulhassan Banisadr
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded by	Taher Ahmadzadeh
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Nabi Habibi
Personal details
Born	(1943-08-05)5 August 1943 Tehran, Iran[1]
Died	9 March 2023(2023-03-09) (aged 79) Tehran, Iran[citation needed]
Political party	Islamic Coalition Party
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republican Party (1979–87) Minor parties Islamic Society of Academics of Iran Islamic Society of Engineers[2] Islamic Society of Athletes[2] Population of Islamic Revolution Loyalists[3] Electoral lists People's Voice (2012, 2013, 2016) United Front of Principlists (2008) Principlists Pervasive Coalition (2008) Coalition of Iran's Independent Volunteers (2004) Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader (2000) Islamic Aligned Organizations (1996)
Alma mater	University of Kansas
Profession	Physicist
Website	Academic webpage

Ghafourifard was born on 5 August 1943.^[4][5] He represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, and Eslamshahr twice in the Parliament of Iran, as well as serving a brief spell from Mashhad and Kalat electoral district.^[1]

Ghafourifard ran for Iranian presidential elections twice, and was defeated in both October 1981 and 2001 elections.^[6]

Ghafourifard died on 9 March 2023, at the age of 79.^[7]