Islamic City Council of Tabriz

Islamic City Council of Tabriz
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Shahram Dabiri Since September 3, 2014
Speaker	Habib Shiri-Azar[1] Since September 3, 2013
Seats	21
Elections
Last election	June 14, 2013
Website
Islamic City Council of Tabriz Website

The Islamic City Council of Tabriz (Persian: شورای اسلامی شهر تبریز‎‎) is the elected council that presides over the city of Tabriz, elects the Mayor of Tabriz, and budgets of the Municipality of Tabriz. The council is composed of twenty-one members elected from single-member districts 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. In the last election between Principlists and reformers, Principlists won the most seats.^[2]

Members

Officers:

• Chairman of Council: Shahram Dabiri

District	Name[3]	Votes[3]	Political affiliation[4]
1	Shahram Dabiri	105,157	Independent
2	Ehtesham Hajipour	52,750	Iranian reform movement
3	Esmaei Chamani	51,239	Independent
4	Behrouz Khamachi	46,784	Independent
5	Elmira Khamachi	45,211	Independent
6	Akram Hazrati	33,403	Independent
7	Asghar Abedzadeh	31,814	Independent
8	Javad Sheshghelani	31,484	Iranian Principlists
9	Saeid Mohaddes	30,868	Independent
10	Habib Shiriazar	30,129	Iranian reform movement
11	Ali Shiari	26,439	Iranian Principlists
12	Mohammad-Hossein Jafari	26,224	Iranian Principlists
13	Ali Navay-Baghban	25,622	Iranian Principlists
14	Mohammad-Hassan Asvatchi	24,408	Iranian Principlists
15	Jafar Modabber	23,638	Iranian Principlists
16	Amir Haghian	23,618	Iranian Principlists
17	Iran Ahoor	22,722	Independent
18	Rasoul Darskhan	22,085	Independent
19	Iraj Shahin-Baher	21,115	Independent
20	Saeid Hajizadeh	20,278	Independent
21	Fereydon Babaei-Aghdam	20,139	Independent

Some popular members

• Shahram Dabiri is the primary investor of Dabiri Tabriz FSC in Iranian Futsal Super League.
• Behrouz Khamachi is a famous historians and researchers of culture of Iranian Azerbaijan.
• Mohammad-Hossein Jafari is former Chairman of Tractor F.C., a popular soccer club in Tabriz.
• Javad Sheshghelani was president of the Football Association of East Azerbaijan province.

References

1. "اجازه نمی‌دهیم جلوی لیگ برتری‌شدن ماشین‌سازی را بگیرند". Nasrnews. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
2. "سهم گروه‌های سیاسی از چهارمین انتخابات شورای شهر در تهران و ۸ شهر بزرگ". Khabar Online. July 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
3. "اسامی 21 کرسی شورای شهر تبریز اعلام شد". Farsnews Agency. July 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
4. "گرایش های سیاسی منتخبان شورای اسلامی شهر تبریز+جدول". Nasrnews. 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

External links

• Islamic City Council of Tabriz, the council's website (in Persian)