Masoud Pezeshkian

Masoud Pezeshkian
مسعود پزشکیان


First Deputy of the Parliament of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 May 2016
Preceded by	Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabi Fard
Member of the Parliament of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 May 2008
Constituency	Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
Majority	261,605 (36.27%; 10th term)
Minister of Health and Medical Education
In office 29 August 2001 – 10 August 2005
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Mohammad Farhadi
Succeeded by	Kamran Bagheri Lankarani

Personal details
Born	(1954-09-29) September 29, 1954 Mahabad, Iran
Political party	Independent Reformist
Alma mater	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran University of Medical Sciences
Profession	Heart surgeon

Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان‎‎, born 29 September 1954 in Mahabad from Azerbaijani family)^[1] is an Iranian reformist politician who is currently representative of Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr in the Parliament of Iran and serves as its First Deputy Speaker since 29 May 2016. He was Minister of Health between 2001 and 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami.

Career

He was 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]

Views

Pezeshkian supports teaching of Azerbaijani language in Iranian schools.^[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. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.

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Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2000)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2000)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2000–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000) Ahmad Motamedi (2000–2005)
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs	Hossein Kamali (1997–2001) Safdar Hosseini (2001–2004) Nasser Khaleghi (2004–2005)
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Attaollah Mohajerani (1997–2000) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2000–2005)
Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Ali Shamkhani (1997–2005)
Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Hossein Namazi (1997–2001) Tahmasb Mazaheri (2001–2004) Safdar Hosseini (2004–2005)
Minister of Education	Hossein Mozaffar (1997–2001) Morteza Haji (2001–2005)
Minister of Energy	Habibolah Bitaraf (1997–2005)
Minister of Health and Medical Education	Mohammad Farhadi (1997–2001) Masoud Pezeshkian (2001–2005)
Minister of Mines and Metals***	Eshaq Jahangiri (1997–2000)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2000)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2000–2005)
Minister of Intelligence	Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi (1997–1998) Ali Younesi (1998–2005)
Minister of Interior	Abdollah Nouri (1997–1998) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (1998–2005)
Minister of Justice	Mohammad Ismaeil Shooshtari (1997–2005)
Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (1997–2005)
Minister of Roads and Transportation	Mahmoud Hojatti (1997–2001) Rahman Dadman (2001) Ahmad Khorram (2001–2004) Mohammad Rahmati (2004–2005)
Commerce	Mohammad Shariatmadar (1997–2005)
Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Mostafa Moeen (1997–2003) Jafar Towfighi (2003–2005)
Minister of Welfare and Social Security****	Mohammad Hossein Sharifzadegan (2004–2005)
Ministry of Cooperatives	Morteza Haji (1997–2001) Ali Soufi (2001–2005)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development	Ali Abdolalizadeh (1997–2005)

Cabinet-level
First Vice President	Hassan Habibi (1997–2001) Mohammad Reza Aref (2001–2005)
Chief of Staff	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (1997–2001) Ali Khatami (2001–2005)
Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Gholam Reza Aghazadeh (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad Beheshti Shirazi (1997–2003) Hossein Marashi (2003–2005)
Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (1997–2005)
Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Hossein Dehghan (2002–2005)
Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization of Iran	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (1997–2000) Mohammad Reza Aref (2000–2001) Mohammad Sattarifar (2001–2004) Hamidreza Baradaran-Shoraka (2004–2005)
Vice President and Head of Physical Education Organization	Mostafa Hashemitaba (1997–2001) Mohsen Mehralizadeh (2001–2005)
Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Abtahi (2001–2004) Majid Ansari (2004–2005)

* Acting
**Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Jihad of Construction merged, forming Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture
***Ministry of Industries and Ministry of Mines and Metals merged, forming Ministry of Industries and Mines
****established in 2004

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Health Ministers of Iran (since 1979)
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