Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani
{{Short description|Iranian physician and politician (1952–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
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| name = Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani
| image = MohammadReza RahChamani 1397-08-23.jpg
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| caption = Rahchamani in 2018
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| office = Head of National Welfare Organization
| term_start = 20 September 2001
| term_end = 5 September 2005
| president = Mohammad Khatami
| predecessor = Gholamreza Ansari
| successor = Abolhassan Faghih
| office1 = Member of the Parliament
| term_start1 = 28 May 1984
| term_end1 = 28 May 2000
| constituency1 = Sabzevar
| majority1 = 94,867 (64.4%)
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| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|12|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sabzevar, Razavi Khorasan province, Imperial State of Iran
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|9|1952|12|1|df=y}}
| death_cause = COVID-19
| alma_mater = Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
| nationality = Iranian
| party = Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society
Islamic Iran Solidarity Party
| children = Mohsen Rahchamani
}}
Mohammad-Reza Rahchamani ({{langx|fa|محمدرضا راهچمنی}}; 1 December 1952 – 9 March 2020) was an Iranian physician and reformist politician. From 1984 to 2000, he represented Sabzevar in the Iranian Parliament. During the early 2000s, he headed Iran's State Welfare Organization.{{citation|title=Twins Return in Separate Coffins to Iran|url=https://apnews.com/8f722ea39ff5ac8df0c24c460fb3408a|first=Ali Akbar|last=Dareini|work=Associated Press News|date=11 July 2003|access-date=14 February 2020}}
Early life and education
Rahchamani was born in 1952 in Sabzevar and studied medicine. There is no record of imprisonment for him before the Iranian revolution, and he is not an Iran–Iraq War veteran.{{cite book|first1=Mehrzad|last1=Boroujerdi|first2=Kourosh|last2=Rahimkhani|title=Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815654322|date=2018|page=682}}
Career
A founding member of the Islamic Iran Solidarity Party, from 1998 to 2002 he was the party's secretary-general and in 2006 became chairman of the central council.{{citation|title=Rah-Chamani elected Solidarity Party Central Council chairman|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/128190/Rah-Chamani-elected-Solidarity-Party-Central-Council-chairman|work=Tehran Times|date=8 October 2006|access-date=14 February 2020}} He was also a founding member of the Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society.{{cite web|url=http://www.parstimes.com/politics/legally_registered_parties.html|title=List of Legally Registered Parties in Iran|work=Pars Times|accessdate=21 August 2015|number=14759|page=4|date=30 July 2000}}
In 2020, as the secretary-general of the National Unity and Cooperation Party, he defied the decision of mainstream reformists for not taking part in the 2020 Iranian legislative election, by announcing a coalition of twelve reformist parties.{{citation|title=With Most Reformists Barred, Iran's Parliamentary Elections Offer Little Choice|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/with-most-reformists-barred-iran-s-parliamentary-elections-offer-little-choice/30423088.html|work=RFE/RL|date=8 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}
Death
Rahchamani died at the age of 67 due to complications from COVID-19 on 9 March 2020.{{cite web|title=Former Iranian MP dies of coronavirus|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/445916/Former-Iranian-MP-dies-of-coronavirus|date=9 March 2020|accessdate=9 March 2020|work=Tehran Times}}
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Category:Islamic Iran Solidarity Party politicians
Category:Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society politicians
Category:Members of the 2nd Islamic Consultative Assembly
Category:Members of the 3rd Islamic Consultative Assembly
Category:Members of the 4th Islamic Consultative Assembly