Biography Of Tehran Mayor

Tehran, May 22, IRNA - Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf‎, is the 54th and current mayor of Tehran. Born on August 23, 1961 in Torqabeh, Khorasan Razavi province, Qalibaf is a politician and a former military and police commander. At the age of nineteen, he was one of the military commanders of the imposed Iraq–Iran war. Qalibaf received the degree of Major General in 1996 after he had successfully completed a masters degree in Geopolitics. In 1998, he was named Commander of Air Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC). In 2001, he received a Phd in geopolitics from Tarbiat Modarres University. He is now serving his second term as Tehranˈs mayor since his first election in 2005. The Guardian Council on Tuesday qualified eight hopefuls, including Qalibaf, to run in the upcoming presidential race slated for June 14. A total of 686 hopefuls registered from May 7-11 for the 11th presidential election. The president of Iran is elected for a four-year term in a national election./end