Mostafa Hashemitaba

Mostafa Hashemitaba (Persian: مصطفی هاشمی‌طبا; born 22 May 1946) is an Iranian reformist politician. Hashemitaba served as Iran's minister of industries and vice president,^[3] as well as head of National Olympic Committee of Iran.^[6] He is described as having 'centrist' views.^[7]

Mostafa Hashemitaba
Vice President of Iran Head of Physical Education Organization
In office 16 February 1994 – 10 November 2001
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hassan Ghafourifard
Succeeded by	Mohsen Mehralizadeh
Minister of Industries
In office 2 November 1981 – 14 August 1984
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Himself (as Minister of Industries and Mines)
Succeeded by	Gholamreza Shafeei
Minister of Industries and Mines
In office 17 August 1981 – 2 November 1981
President	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Succeeded by	Himself (as Minister of Industries)
Personal details
Born	(1946-05-22) 22 May 1946 (age 79)[1][2] Isfahan, Iran
Political party	Executives of Construction Party
Children	2 daughters, 1 son[2]
Alma mater	Amir Kabir University of Technology[3]
Profession	Textile engineer[4]
Awards	ANOC Merit Award (2001)[5]
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He was a candidate in the 2001 Iranian presidential election,^[7] and was placed 10th. He was also a candidate in the 2017 election.

Hashemitaba is co-founder of the Executives of Construction Party^[7] and former member of its central committee,^[8] known as one of the senior figures^[9] among the party's conservative faction.^[4] In 2017, Tasnim News Agency wrote that Hashemitaba has not been active in the party since about ten years ago.^[10] He focuses on the environment in campaign speeches.^[11]

Hashemitaba made a cameo in the film Jang Athar in 1980.^[12]

Electoral history

Year	Election	Votes	%	Rank	Notes
2001	President	28,090	0.1	10th	Lost
2017	President	214,441	0.5	4th	Lost[13]