Masoud Pezeshkian

Iranian politician

مسعود پزشکیان

Pezeshkian in 2018

Member of the Parliament of Iran

Incumbent

Assumed office
27 May 2008

Serving with Farhanghi, Alirezabeigi, Saei, Saeidi and Bimeghdar

ConstituencyTabriz, Osku and Azarshahr, (East Azerbaijan)Majority261,605 (36.27%)Minister of Health and Medical EducationIn office
22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005PresidentMohammad KhatamiPreceded byMohammad FarhadiSucceeded byKamran Bagheri Lankarani Personal detailsBorn (1954-09-29) 29 September 1954 (age 69)
Mahabad, West Azerbaijan, IranAlma materTabriz University of Medical Sciences
Iran University of Medical SciencesProfessionHeart surgeon

Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان; born 29 September 1954) 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 2016 to 2020. He was Minister of Health between 2001 and 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami.^[1]

He ran in the 2013 presidential election, but withdrew, and ran again in the 2021 election, which was disqualified.^[2] Pezeshkian qualified in 2024, and is currently running in the 2024 presidential election.

Early life

Pezeshkian was born in Mahabad on 29 September, 1954 to an Iranian Azerbaijani father and an Iranian Kurdish mother^[3]. After receiving his diploma, he moved to Zabol in 1973 to do his military service, and it was during this time when he became interested in medicine. During the Iran-Iraq war, Pezeshkian was a soldier and doctor at the same time. Pezeshkian's wife was a gynecologist.^[4] He lost his wife and one of his children in a car accident in 1994, and never married after that.^[5]

Education

Pezeshkian finished his General practitioner course in 1985, and started teaching Physiology at the medical college. In 1990, he obtained his specialty in general surgery from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. He was employed at the Shahid Madani Hospital in Tabriz, where he later became the head of this hospital.^[6] In 1993, he received a subspecialty in cardiac surgery from Iran University of Medical Sciences.

Career

Pezeshkian became Minister of Health from 2001 to 2005 in the cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami. Pezeshkian is currently representing Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran, and has also served as its First Deputy Speaker from May 29, 2016 to May 26, 2020. He is elected as one of Iranian parliament members from Tabriz in 2008 election. In 2010, he failed in his bid to become deputy speaker of parliament.^[7] He is a member of Iran-Turkey Friendship society.^[8] Pezeshkian is also a Quran teacher, and reciter of the Nahj al-balagha, a key text for Shia Muslims.^[9]

Views

Pezeshkian is a defender of the IRGC, and has called the current IRGC "different from the past".^[10] He also supports teaching of Azerbaijani language in Iranian schools.^[2]

References

^ "در مورد مسعود پزشکیان در ویکی تابناک بیشتر بخوانید" [Who is Masoud Pezeshkian?]. www.tabnak.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-06-10.
^ ^a ^b "افراد رد صلاحیت‌شده فقط توانستند یک نامه بنویسند". Iranian Labour News Agency. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/14/the-guardian-view-on-irans-presidential-election-more-choice-but-little-real-hope-of-change
^ "مقام‌های جمهوری اسلامی و همسرانشان؛ مردان نام‌دار و زنان 'بی‌نام'". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
^ "مسعود پزشکیان", ویکی‌پدیا، دانشنامهٔ آزاد (in Persian), 2024-06-13, retrieved 2024-06-13
^ "در مورد مسعود پزشکیان در ویکی تابناک بیشتر بخوانید". www.tabnak.ir. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
^ "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.
^ "Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian shakes up Iran presidential election". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
^ مسعود پزشکیان: من باز هم لباس سپاه می‌پوشم/ سپاه با چیزی که الان می‌بینید متفاوت است (in Persian). 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via www.rokna.net.

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Assembly seats
Preceded by Mohammad-Hassan Aboutorabifard	1st Vice Speaker of Parliament of Iran 2016–2020	Succeeded by Amir-Hossein Ghazizadeh Hashemi

Cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami (1997–2005)

Cabinet
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Kamal Kharrazi (1997–2005)
Minister of Agriculture**	Isa Kalantari (1997–2001)
Minister of Jihad of Construction**	Mohammad Saeedikia (1997–2001)
Ministry of Jihad of Agriculture**	Mahmoud Hojjati (2001–2005)
Minister of Post, Telegraph and Telephone	Mohammad Reza Aref (1997–2000) Nasrollah Jahangard* (2000) Abdollah Mirtaheri* (2000–2001) Ahmad Motamedi (2001–2005)
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* (2000–2001) Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (2001–2005)
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 (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries***	Gholamreza Shafeei (1997–2001)
Minister of Industries and Mines***	Eshaq Jahangiri (2001–2005)
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

v t e Health Ministers of Iran (since 1979)
Sami Zargar Manafi Marandi Fazel Malekzadeh Marandi Farhadi Pezeshkian Bagheri Lankarani Vahid-Dastjerdi Tarighat-Monfared Hashemi Namaki Eynollahi
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