Reza Farajidana

Reza Faraji-Dana

Farajidana in 2013
Minister of Science, Research and Technology
In office
27 October 2013  20 August 2014
President Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by Jafar Towfighi
Succeeded by Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Personal details
Born Reza Faraji-Dana
(1960-10-27) 27 October 1960
Qom, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Islamic Association of Engineering Facaulty Graduates of University of Tehran[1]
Alma mater University of Tehran
University of Waterloo
Occupation Professor
Profession Electrical Engineer
Cabinet Rouhani Cabinet
Religion Islam
Signature
Military service
Allegiance Iran Iran
Service/branch Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Years of service 1980–1982
Battles/wars Iran-Iraq War

Reza Faraji-Dana (born 1960 in Qom) is a reformist Iranian politician and the former minister of Science, Research and Technology under President Hassan Rouhani. He served as president of University of Tehran, and as the former president of the Iranian branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[2]

Education and career

He studied electrical engineering at the University of Tehran, and at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He graduated with a Ph.D. degree from University of Waterloo in 1993.[3] He is currently the professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tehran.[4]

Dismissal

Iranian parliament dismissed him as Minister of Science on 20 August 2014. The conservative MPs accused him of permitting students involved in 2009–10 Iranian election protests to continue their education in public universities. He was also accused of appointing senior department heads from people who were involved in mass protests of 2009.[5] Some of the PMs who voted for the dismissal of Farajidana were allegedly benefiting from unlawful scholarships in previous government and the list of those who granted unlawful scholarships has been revealed during the ministration of Farajidana.[6]

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