33 Facts About Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician and former chairman of the Parliament.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel was the first non-cleric in the post since the Iranian Revolution of 1979.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel was one of the candidates in the 2013 presidential election but withdrew on 10 June, four days before the election.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is part of "neo-principilist" group in the Iranian political scene.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel received a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Tehran and, a master's degree in physics from University of Shiraz.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Tehran which he received in 1975.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel studied Islamic philosophy under Morteza Motahhari and under Sayyed Hossein Nasr who is famous for his critique of Marxism.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is the executive director of the Islamic Encyclopedia Foundation.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel contributed to the establishment of the national Scientific Olympiads in Iran.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel served at the Majlis for thirteen years, over four terms.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel officially ranked as the 33rd candidate of Tehran in the 2000 parliamentary election after recounts by the Council of Guardians which led to an annulment of 700,000 Tehrani votes and the removal of Alireza Rajaei and Ali Akbar Rahmani from the top 30, and the withdrawal of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel collected the most votes from Tehran four years later, while most Tehranis refused to vote in 2004 election because many reformist candidates where not allowed to run.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel was supported by the Abadgaran alliance and became the Speaker of Parliament for one year beginning 6 June 2004, with 226 votes out of 259, running unopposed.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel became the first non-clerical speaker since the revolution.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution and the Expediency Discernment Council.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel added that Islamic countries must promote solidarity through guaranteeing unity and security against common enemies.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is the first senior Iranian parliamentary official to hold negotiations with both his counterpart in Cairo and President Mubarak after the Islamic revolution.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel run for office in the presidential election held in July 2013.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel formed a coalition named 2+1 with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Ali Akbar Velayati in October 2012 to one of them be the coalition's candidate in the upcoming election.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel was registered as a presidential candidate and was approved to run in the election by the Guardian Council, a vetting body of clerics and jurists, along with seven other men.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said in a statement carried by the semi-official Mehr news agency:.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel did not endorse a single candidate, but called for a hardline conservative victory.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is the second president of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is a senior member in the conservative umbrella organizations Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, as well as the Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces and is considered close to the Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution and the Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel believes that materialism is the mentality which is governed by Western culture.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel believes that the problem of human freedom is a permanent one.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel is an admirer of the development of non-governmental higher education, and believes that developing such schools would lead to decreased demands on the administration of education and pedagogy.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel's daughter married Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel tried to use all new and old translations and consult with other scholars of the Quran during the translation.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel tried to pave the way for a more easy understanding of the Quran for all.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel pointed out that since many Persian people could not read very well Arabic language then he undertake the task.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel describes his personal memories and experiences during the 2017 Arbaeen trip in this book.