Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian | |
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مسعود پزشکیان | |
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
Assumed office 3 May 2008 | |
Constituency | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr |
Majority | 261,605 (10th Majlis) |
Minister of Health and Medical Education | |
In office 29 August 2001 – 29 August 2005 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Mohammad Farhadi |
Succeeded by | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani |
Personal details | |
Born |
Mahabad, Iran | September 29, 1954
Political party | Reform |
Alma mater | Tabriz University of Medical Sciences and Iran University of Medical Sciences (Expertise) |
Religion | Shia Islam |
Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان, born 29 September 1954 in Mahabad from Azerbaijani family)[1] is an Iranian politician who was Minister of Health between 2001 and 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami. He was also the chancellor of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for 7 years. He is a heart surgeon and an academic member of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences at the present time. He is elected as one of Iranian parliament members from Tabriz in 2008 election. He had a speech on condemnation of violence against fraud in Iranian presidential election on June 30, 2009 in Iran parliament. In 2010, he failed in his bid to become deputy speaker of parliament.[2] He is also a member of Iran-Turkey Friendship society.[3] Pezeshkian is one of the supporter of Azerbaijani language teaching in schools in Iran.[1]
References
- 1 2 "افراد رد صلاحیتشده فقط توانستند یک نامه بنویسند". Iranian Labour News Agency. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ↑ "Persian Press Review". Tehran Times. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ "گروه های دوستی پارلمانی مجلس نهم". Islamic Consultative Assembly Website. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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