1. Eshaq Jahangiri was a member of Parliament for two terms.
20 Facts About Eshaq Jahangiri
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Eshaq Jahangiri was born on 21 January 1958 in Sirjan County, Kerman Province.
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Eshaq Jahangiri graduated from University of Kerman with a degree in physics.
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Eshaq Jahangiri was active in revolutionary groups prior to the Iranian Revolution and once was wounded by the forces of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
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Eshaq Jahangiri later received a PhD from Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran in industrial management.
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Eshaq Jahangiri is married to Manijeh Jahangiri and has four children, Hossein, Hesam, Faezeh and Hoda.
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Eshaq Jahangiri became deputy head of the agriculture department in Kerman in July 1980.
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Eshaq Jahangiri was elected to the Iranian Parliament in 1984 election.
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Eshaq Jahangiri was appointed governor of Isfahan on 1 September 1992 by Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani to replace with Gholamhossein Karbaschi.
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Eshaq Jahangiri held the position until 20 August 1997 when he was nominated by Mohammad Khatami as the minister of mines and metals and was confirmed by the Parliament.
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Eshaq Jahangiri's portfolio was later changed to the minister of industries and mines and he held that position until President Ahmadinejad's cabinet took over in 2005.
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In 2008, it was rumored that Eshaq Jahangiri would run for a seat in the Parliament but he denied it.
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Eshaq Jahangiri was a potential reformist's candidate in the 2013 presidential election but he withdrew in favor of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and then became Rafsanjani's campaign manager.
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Eshaq Jahangiri was a co-founder of Executives of Construction Party and served as its secretary general from 2006 to 2010.
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Eshaq Jahangiri was a member of Mir-Hossein Mousavi's presidential campaign in the 2009 presidential election.
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On 23 July 2013, it was reported that Eshaq Jahangiri would be the next First Vice President and would be appointed by Rouhani after his inauguration.
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Eshaq Jahangiri was successfully vetted and approved by the Guardian Council on 20 April 2017 and officially became a presidential candidate.
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Later, Hassan Rouhani won the election and Eshaq Jahangiri was reappointed as first vice president.
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On 4 March 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic became known to have spread to Iran, the IranWire website reported that Eshaq Jahangiri had been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019.
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Eshaq Jahangiri has four other brothers named Ebrahim, Yaqub, Mohammad, and Mehdi, among them Mehdi is relatively more famous.