Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Iranian politician and architect

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1941

Place of Birth: Khamaneh, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Profession: writer, architect, politician, painter, journalist, essayist

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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About Mir-Hossein Mousavi

  • Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (Persian: ??????? ????? ??????, romanized: Mir-Hoseyn Musavi KhamenĂ©, pronounced [mi?? ho's?jn ? mu?sæ'vi? j? x??m?'n?]; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989.
  • He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest.
  • Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009, when Conservative authorities removed him.In the early years of the revolution, Mousavi was the editor-in-chief of Jomhouri-e Eslami, the official newspaper of the Islamic Republican Party, before being elevated to Minister of Foreign Affairs and eventually the post of Prime Minister.
  • He was the last Prime Minister in Iran prior to the 1989 constitutional changes which removed the post of prime minister; he then went into semi-retirement for the next 20 years.
  • He remains a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the High Council of Cultural Revolution.
  • However, he has not participated in their meetings for years, which is interpreted by political analysts and commentators as a sign of his disapproval. For the 2009 Iranian Presidential election, Mousavi came out of semi-retirement and ran as one of two Reformist candidates against the administration of incumbent President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
  • According to official results, he didn't win the election, and following alleged vote rigging and manipulation, his campaign sparked a long protest that eventually turned into a national and international movement against the Government and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
  • Despite the violent crackdown, he remains the leader of the Green Movement but his movements have remained severely restricted.
  • He chose green as his campaign color, a color which is pervasive in Iran.
  • He is currently under house arrest along with his wife and Mehdi Karroubi.

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