Morteza Haji

Morteza Haji (Persian: مرتضی حاجی) is an Iranian reformist politician. He held office as a governor and minister during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.^[1]

Morteza Haji
Minister of Education
In office 22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hossein Mozaffar
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Farshidi
Minister of Cooperatives
In office 20 August 1997 – 22 August 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Gholamreza Shafeei
Succeeded by	Ali Soufi
Governor of Mazandaran Province
In office 20 April 1986 – 16 December 1989
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Ali-Akbar Tahayi
Succeeded by	Esmaeil Mofidi
In office 6 October 1980 – 19 June 1982
President	Abolhassan Banisadr Mohammad-Ali Rajai Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammadreza Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Abdolali Moshaf
Succeeded by	Mohammad Majdara
Personal details
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front[1]
Other political affiliations	Islamic Nations Party
Profession	Math teacher[1]

He was head of Mohammad Khatami's presidential campaign in 1997^[2] and a director of the Hassan Rouhani 2017 presidential campaign.^[3]

References

1. Buchta, Wilfried (2000), Who rules Iran?: the structure of power in the Islamic Republic, Washington DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, pp. 40, 180, ISBN 0-944029-39-6
2. Iran Report, vol. 1, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 23 November 1998, retrieved 25 March 2017
3. Rouhani appoints campaign director, protests debate timing, Tehran Times, 26 April 2017, retrieved 26 April 2017

Party political offices
Vacant	Campaign manager of Mohammad Khatami 1997	Succeeded by Mohsen Aminzadeh