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Islamic City Council of Tehran

Local authority of Tehran, Iran


Summary

Local authority of Tehran, Iran

FieldValue
nameIslamic City Council of Tehran
coa_picIslamic City Council of Tehran logo.png
term_limits4 years
legislatureLocal council of Greater Tehran
preceded_byAnjoman-e-Shahr
authorityTehran, Rey, Tajrish
leader1_typeChairman
leader1Mehdi Chamran
election15 August 2021
leader2_typeVice Chairman
leader2Parviz Sorouri
election25 August 2021
leader3_type1st Secretary
leader3Jafar Bandi Sharabiani
election35 August 2021
leader4_type2nd Secretary
leader4Sodeh Najafi
election45 August 2021
leader5_typeSpokesperson
leader5Alireza Nadali
election522 August 2021
leader6_typeTreasurer
leader6Habib Kashani
election621 September 2021
voting_system1Plurality-at-large voting
foundation
first_election126 February 1999
last_election118 June 2021
next_election12025new_session = 5 August 2021
session_roomCity Council of Tehran, 17 September 2015.jpg
session_res200px
structure1Islamic City Council of Tehran 2021.svg
members21 (Since 2017)
political_groups1CCIRF (21)
committees1
meeting_placeCity Council Building
Behesht Street
Tehran
websiteTehran City Council Website

Behesht Street Tehran The Islamic City Council of Tehran () is the directly elected council that presides over the city of Tehran, elects the mayor of Tehran in a mayor–council government system, and budgets of the Municipality of Tehran.

The council is composed of twenty-one members elected on a plurality-at-large voting basis for four-year terms. The chairman and the deputy chairman of the council are chosen by the council at the first regular meeting in odd-numbered years.

It holds regular meetings on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10 am (except on holidays or if decided by special resolution not to meet).

History

The Persian Constitutional Revolution passed a law on local governance known as "Ghanoon-e Baladieh" (Persian: قانون بلدیه). The second and third articles of the law, on "anjoman-e baladieh", or the city council, provide a detailed outline on issues such as the role of the councils in the city, the members' qualifications, the election process, and the requirements to be entitled to vote. Baladieh, or the modern municipality in Iran was established in 1910, to cope with the growing need for the transformation of Tehran's city structures.

After the First World War, Reza Shah, the founder of the Pahlavi dynasty, immediately suspended the "Ghanoon-e Baladieh" of 1907 and the decentralized and autonomous city councils were replaced by centralist/sectoralist approaches of governance and planning.

Members

As of August 2023, the council is led by Mehdi Chamran, who was re-elected as chairman, and Parviz Sorouri, who holds the position of vice chairman. Soudeh Najafi and Jafar Sharbiani were appointed as the secretaries of the council's presiding board.

Previous members

Main article: List of members of City Council of Tehran

Chairpersons

No.TermPortraitChairmanAffiliationTerm of officeVice ChairmanAffiliationTerm of office
11st[[File:Abdullah Nouri.jpg80px]]Abdollah NooriCombatant ClericsApril 1999 — September 1999[[File:Saeed Hajjarian 1394.jpg80px]]Saeed Hajjarian
2[[File:Abbas Duzduzani.jpg80px]]Abbas DouzdouzaniParticipation FrontSeptember 1999 — December 1999
3[[File:No image.svg80px]]Rahmatollah KhosraviForces of Imam's LineDecember 1999 — May 2001
4[[File:Mohammad Atrianfar.jpg80px]]Mohammad AtrianfarExecutives of ConstructionMay 2001 — January 2003
[[File:Ebrahim Asgharzadeh (1).jpg80pxEbrahim Asgharzadeh]]Ebrahim AsgharzadehSolidarity PartyFebruary 2002 — January 2003
52nd[[File:Mehdi Chamran.JPG80pxMehdi Chamran]]Mehdi ChamranAlliance of BuildersApril 2003 — September 2013[[File:Hassan Bayadi.jpg80px]]Hassan Bayadi
3rd
64th[[File:Ahmad MasjedJamei.jpg80pxAhmad Masjed-Jamei]]Ahmad Masjed-JameiNon-partisan ReformistSeptember 2013 — September 2014[[File:Morteza Talaei.jpg80pxMorteza Talaie]]Morteza Talaie
(5)[[File:Mahdi_Chamran.jpg80pxMehdi Chamran]]Mehdi ChamranNon-partisan PrinciplistSeptember 2014 — August 2017
pro
tem5th[[File:Morteza Alviri.jpg80pxMorteza Alviri]]Morteza AlviriExecutives of ConstructionMay — August 2017[[File:Ahmad Masjed-Jamei 2019.jpg80pxAhmad Masjed-Jamei]]Ahmad Masjed-Jamei
7[[File:2775578 افتتاح شانزدهمین نمایشگاه بین‌المللی گل و گیاه.jpg80pxMohsen Hashemi]]Mohsen HashemiExecutives of ConstructionAugust 2017 — August 2021[[File:Ebrahim Amini 2019.jpg80pxEbrahim Amini]]Ebrahim Amini
(5)6th[[File:Mehdi Chamran 1399033117165690220628924.jpg80pxMehdi Chamran]]Mehdi ChamranNon-partisan PrinciplistAugust 2021 — Present[[File:Parviz Sarvari.jpg80pxParviz Sorouri]]Parviz Sorouri

Composition

Election results

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Reformists
Principlists
Independent
Nationalist-Religiouscolspan=4

Timeline

Mayors elected

#Mayor electedVotesYearTerm
1Morteza Alviri19991st
2Mohammad Hassan Malekmadani2002
3Mahmoud Ahmadinejad20032nd
4Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf2005
20073rd
20134th
5Mohammad-Ali Najafi20175th
6Mohammad-Ali Afshani2018
7Pirouz Hanachi2018
8Alireza Zakani20216th

References

References

  1. Hamid Aghabozorgy. (January 2016). "604 Comparative assessing the Performance of fourth period Islamic Councils of Lenjan, and their role in improving urban management". International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies.
  2. Vahid Vahdat Zad. (2011). "Spatial Discrimination in Tehran's Modern Urban Planning 1906-1979". Journal of Planning History vol. 12 no. 1 49-62.
  3. (August 8, 2023). "Mahdi Chamran re-elected as chairman of City Council of Tehran".
  4. (3 March 2003). "Iran election 'an alarm bell'". [[BBC]].
  5. Raz Zimmt. (22 December 2006). "Election Results for the Assembly of Experts and Local Councils: Preliminary Appraisal". ACIS Iran Pulse.
  6. Ali M. Pedram. (20 June 2013). "Reformists return to power in Iran's local elections". Asharq Al Awsat.
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