Ahmad Tavakkoli

Ahmad Tavakkoli
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2017
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
President of the Majlis Research Center
In office 1 July 2004 – 1 July 2012
Preceded by	Mohammad Reza Khatami
Succeeded by	Kazem Jalali
Minister of Labour
In office 2 November 1981 – 2 August 1983
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Mohammad Mir-Mohammad Sadeqi
Succeeded by	Abolqasem Sarhadizadeh
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2004 – 28 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	776,979
In office 28 May 1980 – 12 November 1981
Constituency	Behshahr
Majority	28,850
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-05) March 5, 1951 (age 73)[citation needed] Behshahr, Iran
Political party	Front of Transformationalist Principlists[1]
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republican Party Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution Organization[2]
Relatives	Mohammad Javad Larijani (cousin) [3] Fazel Larijani (cousin)[3] Ali Larijani (cousin)[3] Sadeq Larijani (cousin)[3] Bagher Larijani (cousin)[3] Sadegh Zibakalam (co-fathers-in-law)[4]
Residence(s)	Tehran, Iran
Alma mater	University of Nottingham
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Ahmad Tavakkoli (Persian: احمد توکلی; born 5 March^{[citation needed]} 1951) is an Iranian conservative and principlist politician, journalist. He is currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council.^[5] Also he is currently managing-director of Alef news website^[6] and founder of the corruption watchdog, non-governmental organization Justice and Transparency Watch.^[7]

Tavakkoli is the former representative of Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr electoral district in the parliament and the director of Majlis Research Center.