Islamic_City_Council_of_Tehran

Islamic City Council of Tehran

Islamic City Council of Tehran

Local authority of Tehran, Iran

"Tehran City Council" redirects here. For the former institution, see Tehran City Council (1968–1979).

The Islamic City Council of Tehran (Persian: شورای اسلامی شهر تهران) 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.

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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

See also: Tehran City Council (1968–1979)

Persian Constitutional Revolution passed a law on local governance known as "Ghanoon-e Baladieh". 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.[2]

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.[2]

Members

Previous members

Main article: List of members of City Council of Tehran

Chairpersons

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Composition

Election results

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Timeline

No. Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1 1999-04-29[lower-alpha 1] R —
2000-01-03[lower-alpha 2] R I
2003-01-15[lower-alpha 3] Vacant
2 2003-04-29[lower-alpha 1] I C
2006-12-06[lower-alpha 4] C
3[lower-alpha 5] 2007-04-29[lower-alpha 1] R I C
2009-02-07[lower-alpha 6] R C
2013-06-06[lower-alpha 7] R I C
2013-08-25[lower-alpha 8] R I C
4 2013-09-03[lower-alpha 1] R I D[lower-alpha 9] I C
2013-09-08[lower-alpha 10] R I D[lower-alpha 9] I C
5 2017-08-23[lower-alpha 1] R —
6 2021-08-05[lower-alpha 1] C —
  1. New term's mandate started.
  2. Three members –Abdollah Nouri (R), Jamileh Kadivar (R) and Mohammad Gharazi (R)– resigned and were replaced by alternative members Mohammad-Hossein Haghighi (R), Amir Abedini (I) and Mansour Razavi (R).
  3. The council was dissolved by the Ministry of Interior
  4. Rasoul Khadem who won a seat without conservative endorsement, was included in their list for 2006 election.
  5. Third term's mandate was extended for two additional years by the Parliament.
  6. Progress and Justice Population of Islamic Iran was officially established and Alireza Dabir who won a seat without conservative endorsement joined it.
  7. Hadi Saei who won a seat with reformist endorsement was not included in their list for 2013 election.
  8. Mohammad-Ali Najafi (R) resigned and was replaced by alternative member Abdolmoghim Nasehi (C).
  9. Ahmad Donyamali won a seat with endorsement from both reformists and conservatives. Donyamali was a member of the reformist fraction for the last three years but voted independently.
  10. Elaheh Rastgou who won a seat with reformist endorsement, switched her allegiance to the conservatives.

Mayors elected

See also: Mayor of Tehran § Mayors elected by City Council
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References

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    Hamid Aghabozorgy; Reza Mokhtari Malekabadi; Ahmad Moazzeni (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 (Special). ISSN 2356-5926.
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    Vahid Vahdat Zad (2011). "Spatial Discrimination in Tehran's Modern Urban Planning 1906-1979". Journal of Planning History vol. 12 no. 1 49-62. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2013-04-11.
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    "Iran election 'an alarm bell'". BBC. 3 March 2003. Retrieved 1 April 2017. Reformists took all 15 council seats in 1999. Conservatives have now taken 14.
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    Raz Zimmt (22 December 2006). "Election Results for the Assembly of Experts and Local Councils: Preliminary Appraisal". ACIS Iran Pulse. Retrieved 1 April 2017. The results in Tehran give the list of Qalibaf's followers ("Usulgarayan") eight of the 15 seats, the reformists' four and Ahmadinejad's followers two. Another seat went to an independent candidate, close to Qalibaf.
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    Ali M. Pedram (20 June 2013). "Reformists return to power in Iran's local elections". Asharq Al Awsat. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2017. Thirty-one council seats were up for grabs in Tehran, with 13 going to reformists. Although conservatives won 18 seats in the capital in total... Although the composition of Tehran's new city council appears to give conservatives a majority with 18 seats, four of these were won by previously apolitical celebrity athletes, who observers speculate may be open to changing their affiliation in the future.
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    "Pro-Rohani Reformists Sweep Tehran Council Elections". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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