Mehdi Karroubi

Mehdi Karroubi (Persian: مهدی کروبی, romanized: Mehdi Karrubi, born 26 September 1937) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician. He led the National Trust Party.

Mehdi Karroubi
19th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004
Deputy	Behzad Nabavi Mohammad-Reza Khatami
Preceded by	Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri
Succeeded by	Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
In office 3 August 1989 – 3 May 1992
Deputy	Hossein Hashemian
Preceded by	Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri
First Deputy of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 June 1988 – 3 August 1989
Preceded by	Mohammad Yazdi
Succeeded by	Hossein Hashemian
In office 15 June 1986 – 14 June 1987
Preceded by	Mohammad Yazdi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Yazdi
Member of Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2000 – 28 May 2004
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	892,640 (30.45%)
In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 1992
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Majority	965,484 (61.4%; 3rd term), 1,443,270 (62.5%; 2nd term)
In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Reza Hashemi
Constituency	Aligudarz County
Majority	49,097 (92.9%)
Personal details
Born	(1937-09-26) 26 September 1937 Aligudarz, Lorestan Province, Iran
Political party	The Green Path of Hope (2009–present) National Trust Party (2005–present) Association of Combatant Clerics (1988–2005) Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) Combatant Clergy Association (1978–1988)
Spouse(s)	Fatemeh Karroubi (m. 1962)
Children	4
Alma mater	University of Tehran
Website	Official website

After the 2009–2010 Iranian election protests, Karroubi was put under house arrest in February 2011.

He was the speaker of the parliament from 1989 to 1992 and 2000 to 2004, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections.