Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel (غلامعلی حداد عادل in
Persian) born in
1945 in
Tehran,
Iran, is the chairman of the
Iranian parliament. He is the first non-cleric in the post since the
Iranian Revolution of
1979.While officially ranking as the last (30th) candidate of
Tehran in the
Iran Majlis election, 2000 after some recounts by the
Council of Guardians which had led to annulation of 700,000 Tehrani votes and removal of
Alireza Rajaei and Ali Akbar Rahmani from the top 30, Haddad-Adel collected the most votes from
Tehran four years later, in
Iran Majlis election, 2004, when many
reformist candidates where not allowed to run. He was supported by the
Abadgaran alliance. He became the Speaker of Majlis for one year on
June 6,
2004, with 226 votes out of 259. There was no other candidate running.
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