Background
Moussavi, Hussein was born on September 29, 1941 in Iran.
Moussavi, Hussein was born on September 29, 1941 in Iran.
Graduate, National University, Tehran, Iran. Master in Architecture, Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University.
Joined Islamic Society at National University and active in Islamic societies. Imprisoned for opposition to Shah of Iran, 1973. Founder, member Islamic Republican Party, 1979, chief editor, Jomhouri-e Eslami newspaper, 1979.
Foreign minister Islamic Republic of Iran, 1981, prime minister, 1981—1989, presidential adviser, 1989. Member Expediency Discernment Council, since 1989, High Council of Cultural Revolution, since 1996. President Iranian Academy Arts, 2000—2009.
Leader Green Movement, since 2009. Grand Ayatollah Khomeini's representative Foundation of the Oppressed. Grand Ayatollah Khomeini's appointee Constitution Review Panel.
Married Zahra Rahnavard, 1969. Children: Kokab, Narges, Zahra.