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Hossein Marashi
Marashi in August 2017
Vice President of Iran Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
In office 4 May 2004 – 18 August 2005
President
Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by
Mohammad Beheshti
Succeeded by
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
Member of Parliament
In office 28 May 1996 – 4 May 2004[1]
Constituency
Kerman
Majority
141,781 (68.9%; 5th term)[2]
Head of President's Office
In office 16 February 1994 – 28 May 1996
President
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by
Mohammad Mirmohammadi
Succeeded by
Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani
Governor of Kerman Province
In office 3 November 1985[3] – July 1994
President
Ali Khamenei Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime Minister
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by
Hamid Mirzadeh
Succeeded by
Morteza Bank
Personal details
Born
(1958-11-17) 17 November 1958 (age 65) Rafsanjan, Iran
Political party
Executives of Construction
Relatives
Effat Marashi (cousin)
Hossein Marashi (Persian: حسین مرعشی; born 17 November 1958 in Rafsanjan) is an Iranian politician. He served as the Iranian Vice President for Cultural Heritage and Tourism from 2003 to 2005. Prior to that, Marashi represented Kerman in the Iranian parliament. He strongly backed opposition candidate Mousavi in the 2009 Iranian election.[4] Marashi is also reportedly a close ally of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, another former president.[5] He has been secretary general of the Executives of Construction Party. He has been named the head of vice-president Eshaq Jahangiri's campaign.[citation needed]
He was the head of the province of Kerman for nearly nine years. He founded a Kerman-based charity by the name of Mol-Al-Movahedin Charity (or Non-Profit) Institute, which owns Mahan Air, an Iranian private airline. In 2011, the charity was involved in a scandal when it was accused of buying airplanes on behalf of Mahan Air. The airline had been facing sanctions by the United States Department of the Treasury for allegedly transporting weapons and advisors to troubled areas such as Syria and Yemen. The claim that firm had any connection with these political actives was denied by members of its board, and Marashi himself.[6][7]
As the head of the Cultural Heritage Organization of Iran, Marashi increased the budget of the organization. However, some of Marashi's opponents believe that he was responsible for the disappearance of invaluable historical pieces, and the destruction of historical buildings. These opponents claim that despite public pressure, he never took any action to stop the destruction of historical artifacts.[citation needed] Marashi supported the construction of the controversial Sivand Dam in the territory of Pasargadae. The dam was constructed in proximity to the ancient city, and experts believe that if the dam burst, it could destroy several UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[8]
On March 19, 2010 it was announced that Marashi had been jailed in Iran, when a court of appeals upheld his one-year prison term. He was released from prison earlier than that, on January 25, 2011.[9]
Marashi is a cousin of former president Rafsanjani's wife, Effat Marashi.[citation needed]
^"مشروح مذاکرات > مجلس شورای اسلامی > دوره شش > جلسه چهارصد و بيست و سه", Iranian Parliament (in Persian)
^"Getting to Know the Representatives in the Majles" (PDF), Iranian Parliament, The Iran Social Science Data Portal, p. 563, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-30, retrieved 2017-01-27
^"انتصاب برادر سید حسین مرعشی به سمت استاندار کرمان", Iranian Parliament (in Persian)
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