Hassan Ghafourifard

Hassan Ghafourifard (5 August 1943 – 9 March 2023) was an Iranian academic and conservative politician. Ghafourifard held government portfolios in the 1980s, before being appointed to the Physical Education Organization under president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Ghafourifard was born on 5 August 1943. He represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, and Eslamshahr twice in the Parliament of Iran, as well as serving a brief spell from Mashhad and Kalat electoral district.

Ghafourifard ran for Iranian presidential elections twice, and was defeated in both October 1981 and 2001 elections.

Ghafourifard died on 9 March 2023, at the age of 79.