Habibollah Asgaroladi

Habibollah Asgaroladi Mosalman (Persian: حبيب‌الله عسگراولادی مسلمان; 3 January 1932 – 5 November 2013) was a leading senior Iranian conservative and principlist politician who was the leader of Islamic Coalition Party, a highly influential conservative political party in Iran. He was also a two-time presidential candidate, first in July 1981 and next in 1985. During his 1981 bid, he was the subject of a failed assassination attempt that killed his bodyguard but left him mostly unharmed.

Habibollah Asgaroladi
Asgaroladi in 2012
Minister of Commerce
In office
17 August 1981  2 August 1983
Prime Minister
  • Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
  • Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi
  • Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byKazam Pour-Ardabili
Succeeded byHossein Abedi Jafari
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1980  3 November 1980
ConstituencyTehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority764,338 (46.7%)
Personal details
Born(1932-05-02)2 May 1932
Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Died5 November 2013(2013-11-05) (aged 81)
Tehran, Iran
Political partyICP
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