Hamid Mirzadeh

Hamid Mirzadeh
3rd President of the Islamic Azad University
Incumbent
Assumed office September 18, 2013 Acting until December 11, 2013
Preceded by	Farhad Daneshjoo
Head of Management and Planning Organization
In office January 15, 1995 – August 15, 1997
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by	Masoud Roughani
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Deputy Prime Minister of Iran
In office October 2, 1985 – August 3, 1989 Shared with Mohsen Sazegara
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Mohsen Sazegara
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Governor of Kerman
In office October 9, 1981 – October 2, 1985
Preceded by	Mohammad Ali Karimi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Ali Karimi
Personal details
Born	(1950-11-29) November 29, 1950 Sirjan, Kerman, Iran
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Amir Kabir University University of New South Wales
Religion	Islam
Signature
Website	Official website

Hamid Mirzadeh (Persian: حمید میرزاده, born November 29, 1950) is an Iranian politician and academic who is the 3rd and current president of the Islamic Azad University system.^[1]

Early life and Education

He was born on 29 November 1950 in Sirjan, Kerman Province. He was educated in Sirjan and received his diploma in Mathematics. Then, he graduated from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 1974 and began his work as a Math teacher in 1976 after completing military service. He was also graduated from Amir Kabir University (Tehran Polytechnic) in 1979. In 1995, he received his Ph.D. degree from University of New South Wales.

Political career

Mirtzadeh had served political positions in three governments (Mohammad-Java Bahonar, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani). He was Mayor of Sirjan from 1980 to 1981. He became Governor of Kerman in 1981. In October 1985, he was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister by Mir-Hossein Mousavi. He resigned from the position on 3 August 1989. Four years later, he was appointed as Head of Management and Planning Organization by President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Program "Iran 1400", the "oil economy" and the "poverty" are part of his important measures as Head of the Organization.

Academic career

He became a member of faculty of the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman. Then, he became member of faculties of the Amir Kabir University and Tehran University. He is also a professor at Amir Kabir University for more than thirty years. Mirzadeh was the head of Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute and editor in chief of Iranian Polymer Journal for years. He wrote several books and dozens of scientific reports and patents and 31 research projects and nearly 60 graduate students at Masters and PhD courses in polymer engineering, respectively. Currently based on a scientific base, Scopus 2013 h. He has 22 scientific index. He also awarded as Master of the Year in 2008. In 2007, he was invited to be part of faculty members of the Islamic Azad University. His nomination was approved by Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution and he was appointed as the university's vice president. After Farhad Daneshjoo was removed from his position on 18 September 2013, Mirzadeh becomes acting president of the university.^[2] On 11 December 2013, Mirzadeh was elected as the permanent president by the university's board of directors.

See also

• Higher education in Iran
• Islamic Azad University

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