Shapour Marhaba

Shapour Marhaba
Member of Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
27 May 1992 – 26 May 1996
Preceded byMohammad Farzpour Machiani
ConstituencyAstara
Majority12,272 votes (44.4%)[1]
In office
23 February 1997[2] – 26 May 2000
Succeeded byHassan Zahmatkesh
ConstituencyAstara
Majority15,124 votes (59.9%)[1]
In office
27 May 2004 – 26 May 2008
Preceded byHassan Zahmatkesh
Succeeded byFarhad Dalghpoush
ConstituencyAstara
Majority22,984 votes (51.77%)[1]
Member of board of directors of Targeting Subsidies Organization
In office
22 October 2014 – 7 June 2015
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Vice PresidentMohammad Bagher Nobakht
Member of board of directors & Treasurer Islamic Consultative Assembly Former Members Association
Personal details
Born1957 (age 67–68)
Virmuni, Astara, Iran
Nationality Iran
Political partyPrinciplist
ProfessionPolitician
WebsiteOfficial Website
Military service
Allegiance Iran
Branch/service IRGC Ground Forces
Years of service1979–1984
UnitIRGC branch of Astara
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War
Urban warfare with Mujahedin

Shapour Marhaba (Persian: شاپور مرحبا; born 1957) is an Iranian politician. Marhaba was elected from the Astara electoral district to the 4th, 5th (By-election)[2] and 7th Iranian legislative elections.[1]

Biography

Shapour Marhaba's brother Yosuf Marhaba was assassinated by the Mujahedin on 22 August 1981 while he was prosecutor of Astara. After this Shapour was also targeted in an assassination plot on 29 August 1981 when he was a key member of Astara's IRGC, but he survived.[3] Marhaba was then elected three times to represent the city.

Marhaba was:

  • President of the Iran–Georgia Friendship Group,
  • President of the Iran–Bulgaria Friendship Group,
  • Vice President of the Iran–Azerbaijan Friendship Group, and
  • Vice President of the Iran–Romania Friendship Group in the Iranian Parliament.

Shapour Marhaba was banned by the Council of Guardians from taking part in the 2012 and 2016 Iranian legislative elections.

Electoral history

Year Election Votes % Rank Notes
1984 2nd term of Parliament ? ? ? Went to Run-off
2nd term of Parliament Run-off ? ? 2nd Lost
1992 4th term of Parliament Increase 12,272 Increase 44.4 1st Won
1996-97 5th term of Parliament Annulment of Election
5th term of Parliament By-election Increase 15,124 Increase 59.9 1st Won
2000 6th term of Parliament ? Decrease ? 2nd Lost
2004 7th term of Parliament Increase 22,984 Increase 51.77 1st Won
2008 8th term of Parliament Decrease 13,462 Decrease 31.02 2nd Lost
2012 9th term of Parliament – Disquilified
2016 10th term of Parliament

Books

  1. Report to the honorable people of Astara[4]
  2. Plan of Astara Free Trade – Industrial Zone[5]
  3. Astara port: Survey of social, cultural and economic situation[6]
  4. 3rd workbook of Shapour Marhaba: Report of three years activity at the 7th Iranian parliament[7]
  5. Interior Policy and Foreign Policy of Azerbaijan Republic during the presidency of Heydar Aliyev[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d "شاپور مرحبا". Islamic Consultative Assembly Website. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "کلیات طرح رسیدگی به صلاحیت قضات تصویب شد". Hamshahri (in Persian). No. 1203. 24 February 1997.
  3. ^ "شهید یوسف مرحبا". Iranian Lawyers Organisation. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  4. ^ "گزارش به مردم شریف آستارا". National Library of Iran. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  5. ^ "طرخ منطقه آزاد بندر آستارا". National Library of Iran. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  6. ^ "بندر آستارا؛ بررسی وضعیت اجتماعی، فرهنگی، اقتصادی". National Library of Iran. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  7. ^ "کارنامه سوم شاپور مرحبا، نماینده مردم آستارا (گزارش سه سال فعالیت در دوره هفتم مجلس شورای اسلامی)". National Library of Iran. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  8. ^ "سیاست داخلی و خارجی جمهوری آذربایجان در دوران ریاست جمهوری حیدر علی‌اف". National Library of Iran. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

References

Assembly seats
Preceded by ICA Representative from Astara
1992 – 1996 		Vacant
Title next held by
Himself
Vacant
Annulment of Election
Title last held by
Himself 		ICA Representative from Astara
1997 – 2000 		Succeeded by
Preceded by ICA Representative from Astara
2004 – 2008 		Succeeded by


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