Habibollah Bitaraf
Habibollah Bitaraf | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Energy | |
| In office 20 August 1997 – 24 August 2005 | |
| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Preceded by | Bijan Namdar Zangeneh |
| Succeeded by | Parviz Fattah |
| Governor of Yazd Province | |
| In office 1986–1989 | |
| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Morteza Fattah |
| Succeeded by | Abdulali Hamidia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1956 (age 69–70) |
| Party | Islamic Iran Participation Front |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Profession | Civil engineer |
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Habibolah Bitaraf (Persian: حبیبالله بیطرف) is an Iranian reformist politician. He was Energy Minister for 8 years during Mohammad Khatami presidency. He also served as provincial governor of Yazd.
He was nominated as the energy minister by President Hassan Rouhani on 8 August 2017 but he was the only nominee who did not gain a vote of confidence from the parliament on 20 August 2017, with 133 yeas, 132 nays, 17 abstentions and 6 invalid votes.
Bitaraf is a founding member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front.