Back Masoud Pezeshkian Afrikaans مسعود بزشكيان Arabic Məsud Pezeşkian Azerbaijani مسعود پزشکیان AZB Масуд Пезешкіян Byelorussian মাসুদ পেজেশকিয়ান Bengali/Bangla Massoud Pezeshkian Breton Massud Pezeixkian Catalan مەسعوود پزیشکیان CKB Massud Peseschkian German
Masoud Pezeshkian | |
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مسعود پزشکیان | |
.jpg) Pezeshkian in 2024 | |
| President-elect of Iran | |
| Assuming office 30 July 2024 | |
| Vice President | TBD |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Succeeding | Mohammad Mokhber (acting) |
| Member of the Consultative Assembly | |
| 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 | 29 September 1954 Mahabad, Imperial State of Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Reformists |
| Children | 4[1] |
| Alma mater | Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (MBBS) Iran University of Medical Sciences |
| Profession | Heart surgeon |
| Website | drpezeshkian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Iran |
| Branch/service |  IRGC |
| Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان; born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian cardiac surgeon and reformist politician who is the president-elect of Iran.[2]
Earlier, Pezeshkian represented 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 and Medical Education between 2001 and 2005 in the Government of Mohammad Khatami.[3]
Pezeshkian was elected governor of Piranshahr and Naghadeh counties in West Azerbaijan province during the 1980s.[4] He ran in the 2013 presidential election, but withdrew. He ran again in the 2021 election, but was rejected.[5]
For the 2024 election, Pezeshkian's candidacy was approved and on 5 July, he won the 2024 presidential election in a runoff with 54.76% of the popular vote.[6] He is set to be inaugurated as president on July 30.[7] He will become the oldest person to take the office of President of Iran at the age of 69 years.[8]
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- ^ "Centrist Masoud Pezeshkian will be Iran's next president". Al Jazeera. 6 July 2024. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "در مورد مسعود پزشکیان در ویکی‌تابناک بیشتر بخوانید" [Who is Masoud Pezeshkian?]. www.tabnak.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ "Iran International". Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "افراد ردصلاحیت‌شده فقط توانستند یک نامه بنویسند". Iranian Labour News Agency. 1 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential vote". CNN. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Iran's Pezeshkian swearing-in ceremony to be held on July 30". Mehr News Agency. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ Molaei, Niloofar (6 July 2024). "پزشکیان در کنار آیت الله خامنه ای رکورد زد /کدام شهرها رئیس جمهورساز بوده اند؟ +جدول" (in Persian). KhabarOnline. Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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