Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel was born in 1945 in Tehran. After finishing high school in 1963, he started studying physics at University of Tehran. He got his MSc in physics from Shiraz University and taught physics at university before continuing to study philosophy at Tehran University. He has been teaching western philosophy at Tehran University since 1985.
He was elected to parliament from Tehran for four consecutive terms. He served as the speaker of Majlis for four years from 2004 to 2008. He has since then been senior aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, he was arrested and jailed for 66 days for his struggles against the Shah regime.
Haddad-Adel has so far held the following posts:
– Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
– Advisor to the Minister of Education
– Head of Education Research and Planning Organization
– Faculty Member of Philosophy at Tehran University
– Managing-Director of Islamic Encyclopedia Foundation
– Head of Academy of Persian Language and Literature
– Tehran MP
– Speaker of Majlis
– Aide to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
– Head of Cultural Committee of Majlis
Books:
– Farhang-e Berahnegi va Berahnegi-e Farhangi (Culture of Nudity and Nudity of Culture)
– Haj: Namaaz-e Bozorg (Hajj: The Grand Prayer)
– Daaneshnaame-ye Jahaan-e Eslam (The Encyclopedia of the Islamic World)
– Textbooks on sociology, social science, civil studies and Qur’an, for high school and guidance schools
This article originally appeared on : Press TV