Ahmad Madani

Ahmad Madani (July/August 1929 – 12 February 2006) was an Iranian politician, Commander of Iranian Navy (1979), governor of the Khuzestan province (1979–80) and candidate in the first Iranian presidential election. Madani became a navy Commodore in 1970, but was removed in 1973. He later became a navy commander after the revolution and was the first ever Minister of Defence under the new regime. Madani was also elected to the first parliament from Kerman, but was not approved. He eventually fled to the United States in 1980.

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Ahmad Madani
Minister of National Defence
In office
22 February 1979 – 2 March 1979
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded byJafar Shafaghat
Succeeded byTaghi Riahi
Governor of Khuzestan Province
In office
22 September 1979 – 2 January 1980
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded byVacant
Succeeded byMohammad Gharazi
Member-elect of the Iranian Parliament
In office
Credentials rejected in 1980[1]
ConstituencyKerman
Personal details
BornJuly/August 1929
Sirjan, Kerman, Iran
Died12 February 2006(2006-02-12) (aged 76)
Denver, Colorado, United States
Political partyNational Front
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceNavy
Years of service1950–1972; 1979
RankCommodore

Pre-Revolution

Ahmad Madani was born in 1929 in Tehran.

He grew up in Kerman before returning to Tehran to pursue university education. Madani studied law at the University of Tehran, before joining the Iranian Navy and moving to England to continue his education. In 1953, Madani reached the rank of Ensign in the navy, and in 1970 he reached the rank of Commodore.

Madani spent most of his service in Bandar Abbas and the Persian Gulf. He was dismissed from the navy in 1973 for his political activities, and until the 1979 revolution he taught political science and economics throughout various universities in Iran.

Electoral history
YearElectionVotes%RankResult
1980President2,224,55415.722nd Lost[2]
Parliament45,43759.981st Won[3]

Exile and death

In 1980, Madani discovered that he was accused of communicating with the United States, and this decided to flee the country. Madani settled in the United States where he was the chairman of the National Front outside of Iran.

Madani died on 12 February 2006 due to cancer, in his home in Colorado.

References
  1. Baktiari, Bahman (1996). Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. University Press of Florida. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8130-1461-6.
  2. Nohlen, Dieter; Grotz, Florian; Hartmann, Christof (2001). "Iran". Elections in Asia: A Data Handbook. I. Oxford University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
  3. "اعلام آخرین نتایج شمارش آراء در شهرستان‌ها" [The last results of elections in provinces declared] (PDF), Enghelabe Eslami (in Persian) (216), p. 11, 16 March 1980 [26 Esfand 1358], archived (PDF) from the original on 29 January 2020 – via iran-archive.com


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