Tehran City Council (1968–1979)

Tehran City Council
Type
Type
Term limits
 4 years[1]
History
Founded 1968[2]
Disbanded 11 February 1979 (1979-02-11)
Succeeded by Islamic City Council of Tehran
Structure
Seats 30
Committees
  • Financial Affairs
  • Budget and Organization of the Municipality
  • Town Planning and Reconstruction
  • Urban Taxes
  • Public Hygiene
  • Daily Needs
  • Guild Affairs
  • Urban Services
  • General and Physical Education
  • Legal Affairs
  • Liaison with Neighborhood Councils[1]

Tehran City Council (Persian: انجمن شهر تهران‎, translit. anjoman-e šahr-e teḥrān) was the directly-elected city council of Tehran and the first such institution to convene in Iran, serving as a model for other city councils in the country.[1] It formalized selection of Mayor of Tehran, designated by the Ministry of Interior. The council had 30 members and 12 committees each with 5 members, with each member able to chair in up to two.[1] The members met once per week in an open session attended by the mayor and journalists.[1]

The council suffered grom the weakness of democratic accountability, lack of administrational and financial autonomy and limited scope of authority.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ḥosayn Farhūdī (15 December 1991). "CITY COUNCILS". In Yarshater, Ehsan. Encyclopædia Iranica. V. pp. 646–648.
  2. ↑ H. E. Chehabi (1998). "The Pahlavi period". Iranian Studies. Routledge. 31 (3–4): 498 – via Taylor and Francis Online (subscription required).
  3. ↑ Hans-Liudger Dienel, M. Reza Shirazi, Sabine Schröder, Jenny Schmithals (2017), Citizens’ Participation in Urban Planning and Development in Iran, Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 9781317165880
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