Mohammad Farhadi

Mohammad Farhadi
Minister of Science
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 November 2014
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (acting)
President of the Red Crescent Society
In office 1 September 2013 – 25 November 2014
Preceded by	Abolhassan Faghih
Succeeded by	Amir Mohsen Ziaei
Minister of Health
In office 20 August 1997 – 29 August 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Alireza Marandi
Succeeded by	Masoud Pezeshkian
Minister of Culture and Higher Education
In office 21 May 1985 – 3 June 1989
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Iradj Fazel
Succeeded by	Mostafa Moeen
President of the University of Tehran
In office 4 February 1985 – 21 May 1985
Preceded by	Bahman Yazdi
Succeeded by	Esmaeil Avini
Personal details
Born	1 January 1949 Shahroud, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society[1]
Alma mater	Mashhad University
Religion	Shia Islam

Mohammad Farhadi (Persian: محمد فرهادی, born 1 January 1949 in Shahroud) is an Iranian physician, politician and Minister of Science, a position he held since 26 November 2014. He was previously President of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2013 to 2014, Minister of Health from 1997 to 2001 in the first cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami, Minister of Culture and Higher Education from 1985 to 1989 in the second cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and President of the University of Tehran in 1985. He was also Vice President of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the first years of 1980's.

References

1. "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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