Hamid Mirzadeh

Hamid Mirzadeh
At the 68th congress of Azad University, February 2014
3rd Chancellor of the Islamic Azad University
In office 18 September 2013 – 23 April 2017
Preceded by	Farhad Daneshjoo
Succeeded by	Ali Mohammad Noorian (acting)
Vice President of Iran Head of Management and Planning Organization
In office 1993–1997
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by	Masoud Roghani Zanjani
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs
In office 1989–1993
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Succeeded by	Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Governor of Kerman Province
In office 18 March 1982 – 3 November 1985
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Abdolhossein Saveh
Succeeded by	Hossein Marashi
Personal details
Born	(1950-11-29) November 29, 1950 Sirjan, Kerman, Iran
Alma mater	Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Amir Kabir University University of New South Wales
Signature
Website	Official website

Hamid Mirzadeh (Persian: حمید میرزاده‎‎, born November 29, 1950) is an Iranian politician and academic who is the 3rd and former 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 a faculty member of the Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch.^[2] 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. 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.^[3] 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

References

External links

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