Shahla Habibi
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|office = Head of Office of Women's Affairs
|president = Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
|term_start = 28 December 1991
|term_end = 18 October 1997
|predecessor = Office created
|successor = Zahra Shojaei
|birth_date = 1958
|birth_place = Kermanshah, Iran
|death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|09|6|1958|df=y}}
|death_place = Tehran, Iran
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Shahla Habibi (1958—6 September 2017{{cn|date=September 2017}}) was Iran's Presidential Advisor on Women's Affairs from 1991 to 1997.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-11|title=On the memoir of Shahla Habibi, the first Iranian female presidential advisor|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/416683/On-the-memoir-of-Shahla-Habibi-the-first-Iranian-female-presidential|access-date=2021-10-07|website=Tehran Times|language=en}} She was former member of central council of Islamic Coalition Party.{{cite news|title=حزب موتلفه اسلامی درگذشت شهلا حبیبی را تسلیت گفت|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13960618000180|accessdate=11 September 2017|agency=Fars News Agency|date=9 September 2017|language=Persian}}
Career
=Presidential advisor=
In 28 December 1991, President Rafsanjani appointed Shahla Habibi as Iran's Presidential Advisor on Women's Affairs.
=Female Representation of the Iranian Government=
Shahla Habibi's position would later become a cabinet position under President Khatami. This post was later held by Zahra Shojaei under President Khatami, and by Nasrin Soltankhah during President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's administration.
=Islamic Republic of Iran Women's News Agency=
The Islamic Republic of Iran Women's News Agency (IWNA) was created in the 1990s to meet the information needs of Iranian women. She became the IWNA Director.
References
External links
- [https://www.un.org/esa/gopher-data/conf/fwcw/conf/pre/12102241.txt Iran's Presidential Advisor on Women's Affairs, Shahla Habibi]
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Category:20th-century Iranian women politicians
Category:20th-century Iranian politicians
Category:Presidential advisers of Iran
Category:Islamic Coalition Party politicians
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