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Habibollah Asgaroladi
Asgaroladi in 2012
Minister of Commerce
In office
17 August 1981 – 2 August 1983
Prime Minister
Preceded byKazam Pour-Ardabili
Succeeded byHossein Abedi Jafari
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1980 – 3 November 1980
Constituency Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority764,338 (46.7%)
Personal details
Born(1932-05-02)2 May 1932
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Died5 November 2013(2013-11-05) (aged 81)
Tehran, Iran
Political party ICP

Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman ( Persian: حبيب‌الله عسگراولادی مسلمان‎; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Party, a highly influential conservative political party in Iran. [1] He was also a two-time presidential candidate, first in July 1981 and next in 1985. During his 1981 bid, he was the subject of a failed assassination attempt that killed his bodyguard but left him mostly unharmed.

Career and activities

Asgaroladi was born to a wealthy merchant family in Damavand. His ancestors were Jews who converted to Shia islam. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Asgaroladi was a senior member of Iran's Expediency Council. He spent many years at the forefront of the Iranian cabinet, serving as both Secretary of State for Social Security, Minister for Economy, Trade and Commerce as well as heading up the Homeland Security Agency and intelligence services in Iran. He ran in the 1981 and 1985 Presidential elections. [1] An attempt was made on his life in a failed assassination attempt in 1981. [7] Asgaroladi was a prominent member of Khomeini's inner circle and returned to Iran from Neuphle-le-Chateau with Araghi & Beheshti. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, he was chosen by Khomeini to be the founding father of the Khomeini Relief Foundation, the largest social welfare branch of the government in Iran. Some unofficial reports include him among the wealthiest individuals in Iran with a net worth of several billion dollars. Several members of the Asgaroladi family have been featured in the Fortune 500 ("Millionaire Mullahs" article), with Asadollah Asgaroladi possessing an estimated wealth of over US$9 billion. The Asgaroladis are now amongst the wealthiest families in Iran with commercial interests in real estate, banking, healthcare and exports of dried fruits, nuts, caviar and saffron. [8]

Asgaroladi published his autobiography in 2012 and was presented with an award by Ali Larijani, speaker of the Iranian Parliament. He died on 5 November 2013 in Tehran's Dey Hospital after being hospitalized for more than two months. His funeral was attended by the Supreme Leader Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani, Mohsen Rafiqdoost, Ali Larijani and many other senior government officials. [9] [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Mehrzad Boroujerdi; Kourosh Rahimkhani (11 October 2010). "Iran's Political Elite". United States Institute of Peace. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Sad Fate of Iran's Jews – IWPR Institute for War & Peace Reporting". iwpr.net. Archived from the original on 19 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Millionaire Mullahs". Forbes.
  4. ^ "Notable Persian Jews מנהיגים ואנשי שם ממוצא איראני".
  5. ^ "Media Watch | An Insider's View: Iran Ready to do Business with the West". PBS.
  6. ^ "Notable Jews of Persia & the Arabian Peninsula genealogy project".
  7. ^ "AROUND THE WORLD; Gunmen in Iran Wound a Presidential Candidate". The New York Times. 21 July 1981.
  8. ^ "IRVAJ Persian". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  9. ^ TABNAK, تابناک (14 August 1392). "حبیب‌الله عسگر اولادی درگذشت". fa.
  10. ^ "حبیب الله عسگر اولادی درگذشت". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
Assembly seats
Preceded by 2nd Vice Speaker of Parliament of Iran
1981
Succeeded by
Party political offices
New title Secretary-General of Islamic Coalition Party
1987–2004
Succeeded by