Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani

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Fakhreddin Ahmadi-Danesh-Ashtiani
Minister of Education
In office 1 November 2016 – 20 August 2017
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Ali-Asghar Fani
Succeeded by	Mohammad Bathaei
Personal details
Born	1955 (age 68–69) Ashtian, Iran
Political party	Islamic Iran Participation Front[1]
Alma mater	Amirkabir University of Technology Imperial College London

Fakhreddin Ahmadi-Danesh-Ashtiani ^[2] (born 1955) is an Iranian politician and scholar and the former Minister of Education.

Being a graduate of Imperial College London,^[3] he is a Civil Engineering Professor at K. N. Toosi University of Technology^[4] and fourth proposed minister of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology by Hassan Rouhani Government.^[5] Before him, Rouhani had proposed Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi to the Iranian Parliament but he failed to get enough votes.^[6] He has served in different responsibilities including deputy of Planning and Development in Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.^[7] He was proposed as Minister of Education by President Rouhani on 23 October 2016 and was approved with 157 votes.