Mohammad-Reza Bahonar

Mohammad-Reza Bahonar


First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
In office 31 May 2011 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
Succeeded by	Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
In office 7 June 2004 – 31 May 2008
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Khatami
Succeeded by	Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 March 2002
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (8th-9th term) Ravar (7th term)
In office 28 May 1984 – 26 May 2000
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (3rd-5th term) Baft (2nd term)

Personal details
Born	(1952-02-02) 2 February 1952 Kerman, Iran
Political party	Islamic Society of Engineers
Other political affiliations	Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader United Front of Principlists Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)
Spouse	Gohar Abdolrashidi (–2006, her death)
Alma mater	Allameh Tabatabaei University University of Science and Technology

Mohammad-Reza Bahonar (Persian: محمدرضا باهنر, born 2 February 1952) is an Iranian principlist politician who was member of the Parliament of Iran for 28 years. He is also secretary general of Islamic Society of Engineers and the Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.