Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel

Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel (Persian: غلامعلی حداد عادل, born 9 May 1945) is an Iranian philosopher, conservative and principlist politician and former chairman of the Parliament. He was the first non-cleric in the job since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was one of the candidates in the 2013 presidential election.

Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
غلامعلی حداد عادل
Haddad-Adel in 2023
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 March 2012
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
In office 16 March 2002 – 29 May 2004
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Mehdi Karroubi
4th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
In office 6 June 2004 – 27 May 2008 Acting: 29 May – 5 June 2004
Deputy	Mohammad-Reza Bahonar Hassan Aboutorabi
Preceded by	Mehdi Karroubi
Succeeded by	Ali Larijani
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2000 – 27 May 2016
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	1,119,474 (47.94%)
Personal details
Born	Gholam-Ali Mashhad Mohammad-Ali Haddad (1945-05-09) 9 May 1945 Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Political party	Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republic Party (1980–1987)
Relatives	Mojtaba Khamenei (son-in-law) Ali Khamenei (co-fathers-in-law)
Alma mater	University of Tehran Shiraz University
Signature
Website	Official weblog