Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian | |
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مسعود پزشکیان | |
Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
Assumed office 27 May 2008 | |
Constituency | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr, (East Azerbaijan) |
Majority | 261,605 (36.27%) |
Minister of Health and Medical Education | |
In office 22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Mohammad Farhadi |
Succeeded by | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani |
Personal details | |
Born | Mahabad, West Azerbaijan, Iran | 29 September 1954
Alma mater | Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Iran University of Medical Sciences |
Profession | Heart surgeon |
Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان; born 29 September 1954)[1] is an Iranian reformist politician who is currently representing Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran, and also served as its First Deputy Speaker from May 29, 2016 to May 26, 2020. He was Minister of Health between 2001 and 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami.[2]
Career[edit]
He was the chancellor of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences for 7 years. He is a cardiac surgeon (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.[3] He is also a member of Iran-Turkey Friendship society.[4] He was approved as a candidate in Iran's 2024 snap presidential elections following the death of president Ebrahim Raisi.[5]
Views[edit]
Pezeshkian supports teaching of Azerbaijani language in Iranian schools.[1]
During the Mahsa Amini protests in September 2022, Pezeshkian said in an interview, "It is our fault. We want to implement religious faith through the use of force. This is scientifically impossible."[6]
COVID-19 outbreak[edit]
On 3 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Pezeshkian claimed that the figures reported by Iran’s health ministry are "not real".[7]
Presidential Election[edit]
Pezeshkian was the only reformist candidate in the fourth round of Iran's presidential elections.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "افراد رد صلاحیتشده فقط توانستند یک نامه بنویسند". Iranian Labour News Agency. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "در مورد مسعود پزشکیان در ویکی تابناک بیشتر بخوانید" [Who is Masoud Pezeshkian?]. www.tabnak.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- ^ "Persian Press Review". Tehran Times. 29 May 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ^ "گروههای دوستی پارلمانی مجلس نهم". Islamic Consultative Assembly Website. Archived from the original on 24 July 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Iran OKs Final Six Presidential Candidates, Rejects Key Figures". Iran International. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Iranian Majles Member and FMR. Health Minister Masoud Pezeshkian Blames Regime for Mahsa Amini's Death: Our Behavior is Making Iranians Hate Islam, We Must Reexamine Our Methods; You Cannot Implement Faith with Force".
- ^ "Iran's official figures on coronavirus cases 'not real': Iranian official". Al Arabiya English. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Iran OKs 6 candidates for presidential race, but again blocks Ahmadinejad". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
- Living people
- Deputies of Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr
- Government ministers of Iran
- Politicians from Tabriz
- Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Iranian surgeons
- Iranian cardiac surgeons
- People from Mahabad
- 1954 births
- Iranian reformists
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences alumni
- University of Tehran alumni
- Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Members of the 11th Islamic Consultative Assembly
- First Deputies of Islamic Consultative Assembly
- Academic staff of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- Impeached Iranian officials
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