Mohammad Farhadi | |
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Minister of Science | |
Assumed office 26 November 2014 |
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President | Hassan Rouhani |
Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Najafi (acting) |
In office 21 May 1985 – 3 June 1989 |
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President | Ali Khamenei |
Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Preceded by | Iradj Fazel |
Succeeded by | Mostafa Moeen |
Minister of Health | |
In office 20 August 1997 – 29 August 2001 |
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President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Alireza Marandi |
Succeeded by | Masoud Pezeshkian |
Personal details | |
Born |
Shahroud, Iran |
1 January 1949
Nationality | Iranian |
Political party | Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society |
Alma mater | Mashhad University |
Religion | 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.