Kamaleddin Nikravesh

Kamaleddin Nikravesh (Persian: کمال‌الدین نیک‌روش; born 1944 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician who served as the Mayor of Tehran in 1979-1980 and the Minister of Interior in 1980 in the newly established Islamic Republic as part of the first government of Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Kamaleddin Nikravesh
کمال‌الدین نیک‌روش
Minister of Interior
In office 3 September 1981 – 15 December 1981
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Succeeded by	Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Mayor of Tehran
In office 14 January 1981 – 7 September 1981
Preceded by	Mohammad Tavasoli (Reza Zavare'i acting)
Succeeded by	Gholam-Hossein Deljou
Personal details
Born	1944 (age 80–81) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Islamic Republican Party Islamic Coalition Party
Alma mater	Tehran Polytechnic Missouri State University

Biography

He completed his Bachelor's degree at the Tehran Polytechnic and his Master and Doctorate degrees at the Missouri State University.^[1] He served as Mayor of Tehran in 1979-1980 for 7 months^[2][3] He served as a member of the Board of Trustees of K. N. Toosi University of Technology^[4] as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Water and Electricity Industry. From 1979 to 1981 he served as president of Amirkabir University of Technology. He served also as Provincial Governor of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.

In 2003, he was selected as the country's most outstanding figure in the field of electrical and electronic engineering.^[5].