Mohammad-Nabi Habibi

Mohammad Nabi Habibi (Persian: محمدنبی حبیبی, 19 December 1945 – 29 January 2019) 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.^[1][2]

Mohammad Nabi Habibi
Mayor of Tehran
In office January 1984 – December 1987
Appointed by	Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
Preceded by	Hossein Bonakdar (acting)
Succeeded by	Morteza Tabatabaei (acting)
Governor of Tehran Province
In office 1982–1983
President	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Hassan Hajilari
Succeeded by	Hossein Taheri
Governor of Khorasan Province
In office 1981–1982
President	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Hassan Ghafourifard
Succeeded by	Abdullah Kopayi
Personal details
Born	(1945-12-19)19 December 1945 Varamin, Tehran Province, Iran
Died	29 January 2019(2019-01-29) (aged 73) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Islamic Coalition Party
Alma mater	University of Tehran

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:^[3][4]

• 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