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Seyyed Ahmad Madani (Persian: سید احمد مدنی; July/August 1929 – 12 February 2006), mostly known as Ahmad Madani, was an Iranian politician, Commander of Iranian Navy (1979), governor of the Khuzestan province (1979–80) and candidate in the first Iranian presidential election. Madani became a navy Commodore in 1970, but was removed in 1973. He later became a navy commander after the revolution and was the first ever Minister of Defence under the new regime. Madani was also elected to the first parliament from Kerman, but was not approved. He eventually fled to the United States in 1980.
Ahmad Madani | |
|---|---|
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| Allegiance | Imperial State of Iran |
| Service/ | Navy |
| Years of service | 1950–1972; 1979 |
| Rank | Commodore |
| Minister of National Defence | |
| In office 22 February 1979 – 31 March 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
| Preceded by | Jafar Shafaghat |
| Succeeded by | Taghi Riahi |
| Governor of Khuzestan Province | |
| In office 7 April 1979 – 2 January 1980 | |
| Prime Minister | Mehdi Bazargan |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Gharazi |
| Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament | |
| In office Credentials rejected in 1980[1] | |
| Constituency | Kerman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Seyyed Ahmad Madani July/August 1929 Sirjan, Kerman, Imperial State of Persia |
| Died | 12 February 2006 (aged 76) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Political party | National Front |
Pre-Revolution edit
Ahmad Madani was born in 1929 in Tehran.
He grew up in Kerman before returning to Tehran to pursue university education. Madani studied law at the University of Tehran, before joining the Iranian Navy and moving to England to continue his education. In 1953, Madani reached the rank of Ensign in the navy, and in 1970 he reached the rank of Commodore.
Madani spent most of his service in Bandar Abbas and the Persian Gulf. He was dismissed from the navy in 1973 for his political activities, and until the 1979 revolution he taught political science and economics throughout various universities in Iran.
Electoral history edit
| Year | Election | Votes | % | Rank | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | President | 2,224,554 | 15.72 | 2nd | Lost[2] |
| Parliament | 45,437 | 59.98 | 1st | Won[3] |
Exile and death edit
In 1980, Madani discovered that he was accused of communicating with the United States, and thus fled the country.[4] Madani settled in the United States where he was the chairman of the National Front outside of Iran.
Madani died on 12 February 2006 due to cancer, in his home in Colorado.
References edit
- ^ Baktiari, Bahman (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. University Press of Florida. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6.
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. Vol. I. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
- ^ "اعلام آخرین نتایج شمارش آراء در شهرستانها" [The last results of elections in provinces declared] (PDF), Enghelabe Eslami (in Persian), no. 216, p. 11, 16 March 1980 [26 Esfand 1358], archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2020 – via iran-archive.com
- ^ Nikola B. Schahgaldian; Gina Barkhordarian (March 1987). The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic (PDF). RAND. p. 113. ISBN 0-8330-0777-7. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
External links edit
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